A former sub-postmaster is still waiting to hear if he and others will receive full compensation from the Post Office after being caught up in the Horizon IT scandal. 

Ian Warren ran the Post Office at Castle Hedingham and was wrongfully convicted for stealing approximately £18,000 due to glitches with the Fujitsu computer system Horizon, which was used by the Post Office. 

He was one of 736 sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses convicted between 1999 and 2015 after the software was found to contain ‘bugs, errors and defects’. 

An official inquiry has been taking place into the scandal this week after the hearing’s chair Sir Wyn Williams said in September he was ‘disappointed with the apparent lack of substantial progress to date’. 

The claimants fall into different categories and include not just the wrongfully convicted, but also staff who were sacked or made to pay back money and people who were affected, but not prosecuted. 

On Friday, Mr Warren, who now lives near Dereham, said he had received a ‘down payment’ or ‘lump’ of compensation a year ago, but was still waiting to hear whether he would be receiving further recompense for loss of earnings following the inquiry. 

However, he said he was particularly concerned for the welfare of the other claimants, who he said had not received any money as yet. 

But he also wanted legal action to be taken against the Post Office for its handling of the Horizon affair, as well as the Government for failing to prevent the scandal. 

He said: “We are disgusted with the way we have been treated and the way the Government has behaved.” 

A spokesperson for the Post Office said: “We are sincerely sorry for the impact of the Horizon scandal on the lives of victims and their families.  

“So far 81 people have had their conviction overturned and we have fully settled the first two claims. We are making good progress in settling many more claims and expect to do so in the coming weeks.  

“We have also increased the level of interim compensation from £100,000 to £163,000 which will benefit those people who have yet to have their conviction overturned. We are openly and transparently publishing progress when it comes to compensation matters on our website.”