Victims of a second IT scandal at the Post Office have slammed the Government’s compensation scheme as “not fit for purpose”.

Hundreds of sub-postmasters are believed to have lost money as a result of using Capture, a primitive piece of accounting software rolled out to branches in the 90s.

An investigation by The i Paper last year revealed how the Post Office knew Capture was capable of producing accounting shortfalls , but pursued sub-postmasters over the alleged losses anyway. New Feature

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In a precursor to the Horizon scandal, which began in 1999, some victims were privately prosecuted by the Post Office.

The Government now acknowledges that Capture was faulty and has launched a new compensation scheme in addition to the £1 bil

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