Post Office choir delivers moving BGT performance
A Worthing singer delivered a moving performance on ITV's Britain's Got Talent alongside a choir made up of people directly affected by the Post Office Horizon scandal.
The 40-strong choir, Hear Our Voice, sang a rendition of "Falling Down" written and led by Will Rendle, of Will and the People
The performance earned a standing ovation from the audience and the judges on Saturday.
One of the choir members, Teju Adedayo, who ran a Post Office in Gillingham, Kent, told BBC Breakfast her voice had been "suppressed for a very long time".
In 2006, Ms Adedayo was convicted of false accounting and given a 50-week prison sentence, suspended for two years.
Her conviction was overturned in 2021.
She told BBC Breakfast that before the performance, she "chickened out" because her "nerves were all over the place" but then decided "let's just do it".
She said: I wanted to release the stress that we have all been put under.
"I'm grateful we are all standing together."
In a statement, the Post Office said it was "deeply sorry for the suffering caused to so many people by Post Office's past actions".
It said it acknowledged that victims of the scandal needed answers, as well as justice and redress.
A spokesperson said: "The business failed to put postmasters first, did not listen to postmasters, and did not act on concerns postmasters raised with us.
"We are doing all we can to help get victims answers, including fully co-operating with police investigations to help try to put things right."
Fujitsu Group, which developed the software Horizon, said it offered its deepest apologies to the sub-postmasters and their families.
Its spokesperson added: "Fujitsu Europe's boss has previously said that the firm has a 'moral obligation' to contribute to compensation for sub-postmasters wrongly prosecuted as a result of its faulty IT software."
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