A former sub-postmaster says he has still not been fully compensated by the Post Office after being caught up in the Horizon IT scandal.

Ian Warren, who ran the Post Office at Castle Hedingham, spoke as a public inquiry into the scandal, chaired by Sir Wyn Williams, discussed delays in compensation payments to some of the 736 sub-postmasters and mistresses who were wrongfully convicted.

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The Fujitsu computer programme was found to have 'bugs, errors and defects' which led to the Post Office staff being wrongly convicted of a range of offences, including theft.

Mr Warren was forced to plead guilty to stealing approximately £18,000 and has previously described to the EADT the impact the legal action had on his life.

He was given a six month suspended sentence by Chelmsford Crown Court in 2009 and said he was unable to work and forced to give up his membership of the Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

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On Thursday, he said: "My situation is that I have not been fully compensated- very few people have been fully compensated."

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

Reports in a number of media outlets have suggested that some postmasters have died without being fully compensated. 

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A Post Office spokesperson said: “It’s our priority to compensate postmasters fully and fairly as swiftly as we can.

"Across Post Office’s compensation arrangements, offers totalling more than £115 million have been made to around 2,500 postmasters, with the majority of these already agreed and paid.

"Interim payments continue to be provided in cases not yet fully resolved.”