A former sub-postmaster serving life in prison for murdering his wife is seeking a fresh appeal of his conviction, arguing the Post Office Inquiry has shed new light on his case.
Robin Garbutt was found guilty in 2011 of murdering his wife Diana at their home in North Yorkshire the previous year, but has always maintained his innocence.
Evidence from the Horizon IT system and the Post Office helped convict him after prosecutors said he had been stealing money from his branch, faked a robbery and killed Diana to cover it up.
Garbutt’s lawyers have applied to the Criminal Cases Review Commission to have it sent back to the Court of Appeal.
Garbutt’s wife Diana was found dead in their flat above the post office they ran together in the village of Melsonby in North Yorkshire in 2010. She’d been attacked over the head with a metal bar in her bed. Garbutt claimed he and his wife were the victims of an armed robbery.
Source: BBC
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