POST OFFICE SCANDAL: Lord Advocate grilled admits 4 subpostmasters convicted after Horizon warnings

The Post Office has been stripped of its status as a specialist reporting agency to Scotland's prosecutors due to the Horizon scandal, MSPs have been told.

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC, who leads the Crown Office, said the Post Office would instead have to report allegations of crimes to the police.Appearing at the Scottish Parliament on Thursday, Ms Bain also sought to defend the Crown from suggestions it should have been more suspicious of the flawed evidence from the Horizon system.

She has previously told MSPs that 54 people are thought to have been affected by the scandal north of the border.Earlier this week, the Scottish Government brought forward emergency legislation to clear the name of Scottish subpostmasters who were wrongly convicted.

As well as being the head of the Crown Office, the Lord Advocate is also the Scottish Government's principal legal adviser.

Ms Bain provided a further update to MSPs on progress on the Horizon cases on Thursday, after opposition parties had called for her to give another statement to Parliament.

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