Two more Post Office workers die awaiting final compensation, inquiry hears

On Tuesday the inquiry’s chairman, Sir Wyn Williams, said Isabella Armstrong-Wall and Lynette Hutchings had died.

In 2019, a group of 555 subpostmasters successfully challenged the Post Office over the Horizon system in the High Court (Kirsty O’Connor/PA) (PA Wire)

Two Post Office workers have died “over the last few months” without receiving their final compensation, the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry was told.

On Tuesday the inquiry’s chairman, Sir Wyn Williams said that Isabella Armstrong-Wall and Lynette Hutchings had died.

Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, hundreds of subpostmasters were taken to court by the Post Office for fraud after the Horizon IT system led to flaws in accounting at branches across the UK.