Keith Bell was prosecuted after spending his entire life savings of £16,000 to make up the false shortfall at his Stockton branch more than two decades ago.
A Post Office sub-postmaster caught up in the Horizon scandal said finding out his conviction would be quashed "overtook" news of being cancer-free 24 hours earlier.
"I was given 200 hours of community service and the conviction, obviously the conviction, totally changes your life because you're limited in what sort of applications you can put in for jobs and things you can do," he explained. Have you heard our new podcast Talking Politics? Every week Tom, Robert and Anushka dig into the biggest issues dominating the political agenda…
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