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At least 13 people have died by suicide and 59 contemplated it due to the UK's Post Office scandal, where nearly 1,000 postal workers were wrongly convicted based on faulty Horizon computer system data, leading to significant personal and financial harm. The scandal, which persisted from 1999 to 2015, was only fully exposed recently, prompting government action to reverse convictions and compensate victims.
A 92-year-old British man, Ryland Headley, was convicted of the 1967 rape and murder of Louisa Dunne after DNA evidence from 2023 linked him to the crime, ending a 58-year-old cold case. The case was re-investigated using new technology, and Headley's previous convictions for similar crimes influenced the verdict. He faces life in prison, highlighting the persistent challenges in prosecuting sexual assault cases in the UK.
A 92-year-old man, Ryland Headley, was convicted of raping and murdering Louisa Dunne in 1967, solving the UK's longest-running cold case through DNA evidence and forensic analysis, after being linked to the scene decades later.,