Jailed Post Office scandal victim speaks out: ‘I have lost 21 years of my life’

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A subpostmaster wrongly jailed as part of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal says he has lost 21 years of his life.

Parmod Kalia was sentenced to six months in jail after being falsely accused of stealing £22,000 from the Post Office.

Speaking on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday (10 January), Mr Kalia said: “It’s destroyed me mentally.”

It comes as an announcement on the Horizon scandal is said to be “imminent” as Rishi Sunak is said to be “actively considering” an emergency bill to quash all 800 Horizon scandal convictions at once.