A public inquiry into the wrongful prosecutions of about 1,000 postal workers has uncovered more victims than previously known, according to a report.

Hundreds of employees were wrongly convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting because of a faulty computer system.

A former postmistress whose family lost everything as a result of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal says she is sceptical those responsible will be held to account.The first report from an inquiry has revealed the suffering caused to hundreds of people wrongly accused of stealing money and false accounting.