Barring a “sea change”, a solicitor for Post Office victims said more people will sue the government-owned company.

A victim of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal is taking legal action against the government-owned organisation as she seeks full redress for her wrongful conviction.

Janet Skinner is believed to be only the second victim to sue the Post Office.

The former subpostmistress has been “forced” to take the state-owned business to court, her solicitor told Sky News.

Ms Skinner has been a campaigner for victims of the faulty Horizon software for nearly two decades.

Around 1,000 people were wrongly prosecuted and convicted throughout the UK between 1999 and 2015 as a result of Horizon.

Despite having her conviction for false accounting overturned in 2021, Ms Skinner has yet to receive a final payment, has been given an insufficient interim sum and is being asked for six different expert reports, said lawyer Simon Goldberg.

Ms Skinner is taking legal action in an attempt to see the issue resolved.

“There’s no sign of resolution. We’re only forced to do it because enough is enough,” Mr Goldberg said.

“It’s cruel and traumatic beyond belief that she should still have to be fighting.”

Ms Skinner’s claim should have been settled within 12 months of the conviction being overturned, he said.

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