Greg Harding

Years in prison:
0 (Received a suspended sentence)
Year conviction was overturned:
2021

Greg Harding was a sub-postmaster who was investigated by the Post Office after shortfalls in his accounts were identified by the Horizon computer system. He was accused of theft and pleaded guilty to false accounting. The Post Office agreed to accept the plea and drop the theft charge on the condition that he made no mention of problems with Horizon in any plea in mitigation. His conviction was quashed when it became clear that the Horizon system had been incorrectly identifying shortfalls.

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  • Offence: False accounting
  • Jurisdiction: England & Wales
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: M
  • Years in prison: 0 (Received a suspended sentence)
  • Offence convicted of: False Accounting
  • Year of initial conviction: 2010
  • Year conviction was overturned: 2021
  • CCRC Referral: Y
  • Post Office Case: Y
  • Tried with others: N
  • Link to full case: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2021/1874.html
  • Crown argued case at CofA: N
  • Retrial: N