Post Office Horizon victims offered £600,000 of compensation

[arista]

£600,000 each

Some have sadly passed away.



[The government has announced a
new fixed sum payment for victims
of the Post Office Horizon scandal
in an effort to provide quicker compensation.
An award of £600,000 is on offer to
the postmasters who have had their
convictions overturned after
faulty Horizon software made it appear
they were stealing,
as money looked to be missing.
Anyone who has proven they were
falsely imprisoned as part of the scandal
can take the payment instead of going
through the full assessment of their loss.
The only requirement is for the victim to
prove they had their conviction overturned.]


https://news.sky.com/story/post-office-horizon-victims-offered-600-000-of-compensation-12964451

[Beso]

Wish it was me.

[rusticgal]

Imagine what they went through…many of them lost their homes…imagine the impact that had on their lives for all those years…
They deserve it…if not more.

[Cherie]

Listened to one lady who spent time in prison, she is not accepting it, thinks it is an insult and it is

[Mystic Mock]

I say double the price.

[Zizu]

Why didn’t somebody realise there was an issue when they thought they’d discovered at the same time that 700 PO workers were thieving ..


The bells should have been timing after it showed 4 or 5 ..


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[hijaxers]

Why didn’t somebody realise there was an issue when they thought they’d discovered at the same time that 700 PO workers were thieving ..


The bells should have been timing after it showed 4 or 5 ..


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Yes and they carried on prosecuting regardless of the mounting evidence that something was very wrong . It should have been those responsible for godawful mess went to jail, they are getting way scot free .The compensation on offer is a joke and insults all those postmasters/mistresses.

[Zizu]

Yes and they carried on prosecuting regardless of the mounting evidence that something was very wrong . It should have been those responsible for godawful mess went to jail, they are getting way scot free .The compensation on offer is a joke and insults all those postmasters/mistresses.


Surely there’s been an investigation as to who or what was responsible ?

It’s gonna cost us taxpayers around 420 million or practically half a BILLION !


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[arista]

I say double the price.



Yes,
the Government should pay more

[MTVN]

Has anyone seen the ITV drama on this? Best thing I've seen in ages

Made me so angry though at what the Post Office put people through and the lengths they went to covering it up. Still never been any proper accountability. Alan Bates and the others are amazing people to have fought it for so long against so much resistance

[Vanessa]

Some have committed suicide because of this. Not good enough. Whoever is responsible belongs in jail :fist:

[arista]

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[AnnieK]

Has anyone seen the ITV drama on this? Best thing I've seen in ages

Made me so angry though at what the Post Office put people through and the lengths they went to covering it up. Still never been any proper accountability. Alan Bates and the others are amazing people to have fought it for so long against so much resistance

Yeah it was really good but awful that it was a true story.

So many lives ruined

[bots]

what gets me is that people will now have died with the stigma of being convicted of a crime they didn't commit and the government really don't seem to give a crap. Any time you hear the words, it's very complicated, you know they aren't going to make a serious attempt to correct it. Loads of people will remain guilty for the rest of their lives

[Zizu]

They owe it to those poor people to find out what went wrong and bring them to justice if needs be


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[GoldHeart]

Some have committed suicide because of this. Not good enough. Whoever is responsible belongs in jail :fist:

Yeah no amount of compensation is going to bring back the one's who took their lives.

[joeysteele]

This is a really shocking scandal.
It's time to get all the compensation paid which isn't really compensation, it's most of what is OWED to the victims of this mess.

Plus get the convictions cleared too.
Stop pussyfooting around and procrastinating.

I see there's rumblings now against Ed Davey too in the time of the coalition as he was the Minister related to the post office.

However as far back as is necessary there surely needs to be some prosecutions of those I authority or this chaos to others lives and livelihoods and status.

[Gusto Brunt]

I really hate these programmes that dramatise real life events.

Like the Jimmy Savile scandal. Never watched it. Why not just a documentary? Why make the pain and suffering of others into a drama for entertainement?

They did the same with the Moors Murders, Fred West. Made REAL MURDER into TV entertainment.

And they've done the same with this post office scandal.

I never watched that programme either. Yes it's raised the profile massively but they still made pain and suffering and suicide into entertainment.

Or why else use actors. Make a documentary.

I've known about this post office scandal since it was first broken years ago. I didn't need a TV drama acted out to raise the profile for me.

But that's only how some people listen. They're not interested unless someone like Toby Jones is 'starring' in it. :rolleyes:

[Zizu]

I really hate these programmes that dramatise real life events.

Like the Jimmy Savile scandal. Never watched it. Why not just a documentary? Why make the pain and suffering of others into a drama for entertainement?

They did the same with the Moors Murders, Fred West. Made REAL MURDER into TV entertainment.

And they've done the same with this post office scandal.

I never watched that programme either. Yes it's raised the profile massively but they still made pain and suffering and suicide into entertainment.

Or why else use actors. Make a documentary.

I've known about this post office scandal since it was first broken years ago. I didn't need a TV drama acted out to raise the profile for me.

But that's only how some people listen. They're not interested unless someone like Toby Jones is 'starring' in it. :rolleyes:


I feel exactly the same .. and I never watch any of them


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[MTVN]

I really hate these programmes that dramatise real life events.

Like the Jimmy Savile scandal. Never watched it. Why not just a documentary? Why make the pain and suffering of others into a drama for entertainement?

They did the same with the Moors Murders, Fred West. Made REAL MURDER into TV entertainment.

And they've done the same with this post office scandal.

I never watched that programme either. Yes it's raised the profile massively but they still made pain and suffering and suicide into entertainment.

Or why else use actors. Make a documentary.

I've known about this post office scandal since it was first broken years ago. I didn't need a TV drama acted out to raise the profile for me.

But that's only how some people listen. They're not interested unless someone like Toby Jones is 'starring' in it. :rolleyes:

There's been documentaries on it before plus podcasts, news articles etc. None of that had the impact this drama has had which has made it headline news and now it finally looks like some real justic will be achieved twenty years later. It's good that you knew about it before but millions of other people didn't

All the real people were closely involved in the making of the drama as well so they're not exactly being exploited

[AnnieK]

There's been documentaries on it before plus podcasts, news articles etc. None of that had the impact this drama has had which has made it headline news and now it finally looks like some real justic will be achieved twenty years later. It's good that you knew about it before but millions of other people didn't

All the real people were closely involved in the making of the drama as well so they're not exactly being exploited

Exactly.

Also, there will be a lot of people who were convicted who will now feel like the world knows their innocence.

Whilst I agree in some cases dramatising murders etc is a little macabre, this has provided some vindication for the people who suffered it. THEY are all glad it was made so that tells me everything I need to know.

It was followed on Thursday by interviews with the real people. The casting was brilliant too.

[bots]

bringing publicity to what is government sponsored injustice, can only be a good thing

[Ammi]

…I haven’t watched it yet but I will…/..I am familiar with the story, though…how is it that Paula Vennells still received a CBE for her services when this injustice was known…?…

[user104658]

I remember the manager of the post office I used to do the bookie banking with getting fired amidst rumours of a theft scandal :omgno: ... maybe she was wrongly accused...

Though the rumour was large amounts of cold hard cash vanishing so prolly not :joker:.

[Zizu]

…I haven’t watched it yet but I will…/..I am familiar with the story, though…how is it that Paula Vennells still received a CBE for her services when this injustice was known…?…


The Prime Minister is not opposed to taking it off her apparently …


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[Zizu]

I thought they’d got to the bottom of all this years ago but apparently only about 90 postal workers have had their names cleared !


Disgraceful


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[bots]

The Prime Minister is not opposed to taking it off her apparently …


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its woolly words from him again, that add up to very little. It's a common theme with him

[arista]

I remember the manager of the post office I used to do the bookie banking with getting fired amidst rumours of a theft scandal :omgno: ... maybe she was wrongly accused...

Though the rumour was large amounts of cold hard cash vanishing so prolly not :joker:.


Fjutisi Horizon System
Japan error on all the Horizon Computer Programs.

Ed Davey was the Minister in charge
during Cons/LibDem time

He is not saying much?

[arista]

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[MTVN]

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Great cartoon

[Cherie]

The benefit of making this into a drama is that it has raised awareness among alot of the public who had no idea of the injustices meted out and many of these people have died with a mark on their name, a petition to get the CBE removed is up to one million names now

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/08/post-office-horizon-scandal-petition-cbe-paula-vennells

[arista]

New Labour
Tony Blair Prime Minister
brought in
the Horizon New computer Post Office update

[arista]

The Former Boss
will now return her CBE

SkyNewsHD Live

[Sticks]

This has been unfair on Paula Vennells who has been hounded to give back this honour. Although she was a CEO, she was still an employee in the public sector, and as such was required to rely on what a contractor in the private sector told here.

Where I work in the public sector we have to use a private company to place adverts for official notices. Sometimes they have told us an incorrect publication day of a local weekly paper, and admitted such when I successfully challenged them. However I have been told by others where I work, its not for me to do that and that company is paid to tell us this information and we should accept without question what they say. (Even when I provide evidence to the contrary)

So an advert is programmed for a certain day, and then it publishes on the wrong day, which is what the private company told us in error, and we have to republish and restart a consultation all over again, at public expense. All that, because we are obliged to accept what a private contractor is telling us.

Scale this up and you have Fujitsu, (who I have had a professional run in with before, but that's another story), who insist that there is nothing wrong with their software so any discrepancies MUST be the result of criminal activity on the part of the postmasters / post mistresses. As a public sector employee Vennells had to take them at their word, as we have to with the private contractor who gives us an incorrect publication day, as they are paid to know these things, not me (which I do, more than the contractor at times and someone there once said I knew more about local papers than they did)

I see this hue an cry at what was once a public servant, but where is the hue and cry over the incompetence and deceit of the private contractor, Fujitsu, who in my experience is more culpable.

[Zizu]

This has been unfair on Paula Vennells who has been hounded to give back this honour. Although she was a CEO, she was still an employee in the public sector, and as such was required to rely on what a contractor in the private sector told here.

Where I work in the public sector we have to use a private company to place adverts for official notices. Sometimes they have told us an incorrect publication day of a local weekly paper, and admitted such when I successfully challenged them. However I have been told by others where I work, its not for me to do that and that company is paid to tell us this information and we should accept without question what they say. (Even when I provide evidence to the contrary)

So an advert is programmed for a certain day, and then it publishes on the wrong day, which is what the private company told us in error, and we have to republish and restart a consultation all over again, at public expense. All that, because we are obliged to accept what a private contractor is telling us.

Scale this up and you have Fujitsu, (who I have had a professional run in with before, but that's another story), who insist that there is nothing wrong with their software so any discrepancies MUST be the result of criminal activity on the part of the postmasters / post mistresses. As a public sector employee Vennells had to take them at their word, as we have to with the private contractor who gives us an incorrect publication day, as they are paid to know these things, not me (which I do, more than the contractor at times and someone there once said I knew more about local papers than they did)

I see this hue an cry at what was once a public servant, but where is the hue and cry over the incompetence and deceit of the private contractor, Fujitsu, who in my experience is more culpable.


It’s a funny situation.

It doesn’t seem right to be getting an achievement award when such an unprecedented and unbelievable scandal occurred during her ‘watch’ ..

Doesn’t the CEO of a company take all the blame if something horrendous happens in their company ( like a tragic accident) ?


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[arista]

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[Sticks]

A petition to hold Fujitsu to account (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyou.38degrees.org.uk%2Fpetit ions%2Fhold-fujitsu-to-account-for-post-office-scandal%3Fbucket%3Demail-blast-11_1_2024_%26source%3Dfacebook-share-button%26time%3D1704986059%26utm_campaign%3D11_1_2 024_%26utm_medium%3Dsocialshare%26utm_source%3Dfac ebook%26share%3Df683da90-bed9-418c-b7cb-2c360edb0e04%26fbclid%3DIwAR002CEauNvuDEgaN0TxFO3l-xqobPcwgtLnEc6i1HB57GjNE21IgFAPH3I&h=AT0cAWGQyJ839E9JHfhMOey02sSUw5HiMKU2N3wa8Xkf1jGg LFPFt8My2izXcIHsgj9hf6vAyADLIdBlXVnevQskwvWpGMicYk jaxkBBoZMvNu6IG1vrF15-Eqy_MSJdCw&__tn__=%2CmH-R&c[0]=AT0Q9b1w_pE3ocfry1UL0w8MHBenNDiT4Z-xlh_7cQ3EINUpxfdC-R8oA7-H7iVHXgIBYOHjAhUVSTz3ozQh5HW3mTS7DVT-jZQ9HnuKN6KoeKz7xWrckqaY2Cz4pAko297J4q9Bk44SCfTEep aCJfQYmqhl9PqKFNIRkLjWvV9-Rw6LxobjsA)

[arista]

A petition to hold Fujitsu to account (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyou.38degrees.org.uk%2Fpetit ions%2Fhold-fujitsu-to-account-for-post-office-scandal%3Fbucket%3Demail-blast-11_1_2024_%26source%3Dfacebook-share-button%26time%3D1704986059%26utm_campaign%3D11_1_2 024_%26utm_medium%3Dsocialshare%26utm_source%3Dfac ebook%26share%3Df683da90-bed9-418c-b7cb-2c360edb0e04%26fbclid%3DIwAR002CEauNvuDEgaN0TxFO3l-xqobPcwgtLnEc6i1HB57GjNE21IgFAPH3I&h=AT0cAWGQyJ839E9JHfhMOey02sSUw5HiMKU2N3wa8Xkf1jGg LFPFt8My2izXcIHsgj9hf6vAyADLIdBlXVnevQskwvWpGMicYk jaxkBBoZMvNu6IG1vrF15-Eqy_MSJdCw&__tn__=%2CmH-R&c[0]=AT0Q9b1w_pE3ocfry1UL0w8MHBenNDiT4Z-xlh_7cQ3EINUpxfdC-R8oA7-H7iVHXgIBYOHjAhUVSTz3ozQh5HW3mTS7DVT-jZQ9HnuKN6KoeKz7xWrckqaY2Cz4pAko297J4q9Bk44SCfTEep aCJfQYmqhl9PqKFNIRkLjWvV9-Rw6LxobjsA)


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[bots]

People are quick to blame the computer system, but it's a manifestation of the problem. The responsibility lies with people. The people who didn't audit that the software was doing it's job properly and the people that didn't question the integrity of the system when it flagged so many cases

[arista]

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[Cherie]

Dont know if this was covered in the drama but the Post Office wrote off compo they had not paid against their tax bill :skull:

[Cal.]

Absolutely delighted that the victims of this horrific cover up are beginning to recieve attention and justice thanks to the drama. Slating it and wishing for a documentary instead is redundant when the drama has clearly done so much good for the real life victims.

[Sticks]

There have been documentaries, on BBC Radio 4

[arista]

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A Nick Newman
remix (photobubble) in today's Times


In the Great Film
the Evil Computer
lip-read their words
1968.

Future Warning.

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[Zizu]

Serves Fujitsu right


They lost a fortune days ago .. Fujitsu valuation drops by $1bn amid Post Office scandal scrutiny but this morning it looks to have collapsed- looks like they in a very bad way on the stock exchange !https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240116/03d0d4e85a819dda4f931ae02ba0c76d.jpg


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[Zizu]

People are quick to blame the computer system, but it's a manifestation of the problem. The responsibility lies with people. The people who didn't audit that the software was doing it's job properly and the people that didn't question the integrity of the system when it flagged so many cases


Fujitsu have this morning offered to contribute to the compensation pot ..

Sounds like an admission of guilt ?

Apparently their stocks have collapsed on hearing the news

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[Livia]

Alongside the compensation I'd like to see some jail sentences handed out.

[Zizu]

Alongside the compensation I'd like to see some jail sentences handed out.


Undoubtedly !


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The Online Paper

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All those who died
before the TV drama

[arista]

The Post Office Chairman has now stood down.


SkyNewsHD Live.

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[arista]

BBC News Text:
[The i's main story is about the Post Office scandal.
In what it says is an exclusive report,
the paper claims the Post Office was behind
the design of another "faulty IT system" that
may have led to sub-postmasters being
unfairly prosecuted and convicted before
the Horizon scandal.
It also says the government is in talks
about alleged errors in the
Capture accounting software.]

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[arista]

About Time they did.

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[Sticks]

Could have been a misguided junior official sticking an oar in?

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[arista]

The Post Office has appointed
a New Chairman

Nigel Railton


SkyNewsHD Live


[A former boss of Camelot,
the National Lottery operator,
will be named this week as the next chairman
of the Post Office as ministers seek to draw
a line under the ugly row surrounding
the exit of his predecessor.]

https://news.sky.com/story/ex-camelot-chief-railton-to-be-named-new-post-office-chair-13126419

[Cherie]

Leaked emails show Paula Vennells knew there were issues with Horizon but still went after the sub post masters and lied to Ministers, just when you think this story couldn't get any worse....


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg33yjdpn0qo

[Zizu]

Leaked emails show Paula Vennells knew there were issues with Horizon but still went after the sub post masters and lied to Ministers, just when you think this story couldn't get any worse....


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg33yjdpn0qo


They should let her rot in jail for 25 years minimum


She has caused untold trauma to hundreds of innocent individuals plus their families


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[arista]

Leaked emails show Paula Vennells knew there were issues with Horizon but still went after the sub post masters and lied to Ministers, just when you think this story couldn't get any worse....


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg33yjdpn0qo


Yes,
she is hiding the real truth
as it makes her look Criminal.

[Sticks]

To some it was

"A load of greedy little piggies caught with both twotter and snouts in the twough, trying to blame the poor compootor" Awww

[joeysteele]

Paula Vennells, is falling into a nightmare type appearance here.
She's performing really poorly.

[arista]

Paula Vennells, is falling into a nightmare type appearance here.
She's performing really poorly.


Yes she was Aware


Guilty.

[Cherie]

Paula Vennells, is falling into a nightmare type appearance here.
She's performing really poorly.

she oversaw the company spending 320,000 chasing a 25K debt she knew the sub postmaster didnt owe, she should be in prison

[joeysteele]

I agree with both arista and Cherie.

She's clearly struggling here.
Bet she's pleased for the break in proceedings.

[smudgie]

She really does come across as disingenuous.
Lying toe rag, she needs to be punished for ruining so many lives.:fist:

[Cherie]

what channel is she on?

[joeysteele]

what channel is she on?

BBC News channel and Sky news channel.

[Cherie]

BBC News channel and Sky news channel.

Cheers Joey

[Livia]

she oversaw the company spending 320,000 chasing a 25K debt she knew the sub postmaster didnt owe, she should be in prison

Yes she should. What happened to the sub postmasters was appalling and it was orchestrated by her.

[Cherie]

Yes she should. What happened to the sub postmasters was appalling and it was orchestrated by her.

surely when the numbers of sub post masters 'committing fraud' went over 20 someone should have thought, somethings not right here?

[Zizu]

surely when the numbers of sub post masters 'committing fraud' went over 20 someone should have thought, somethings not right here?


Exactly.. then it got even more obvious


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[Sticks]

Just a few more piggies caught raiding the trough, trying to blame the poor compooter, aaaw

[Livia]

"A load of greedy little piggies caught with both twotter and snouts in the twough, trying to blame the poor compootor" Awww

Just a few more piggies caught raiding the trough, trying to blame the poor compooter, aaaw

Heard you the first time...

[Cherie]

Heard you the first time...

not even sure what his point is.....that 100s of sub post masters were on the fiddle...its not even realistic

[bots]

It's all coming crumbling down for the PO and the government. People will be held accountable

[Zizu]

I still don’t understand why in a time when everyone and their uncle are having stuff delivered from eBay or Amazon or whoever
( we get about around 4 or 5 parcels/packages a week ) the Post Office are losing money and closing branches down !


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[arista]

Sky News Text :
[Daily Star splashes on Paula Vennells' tearful
testimony at the Post Office inquiry,
portraying her as a weeping post box.]


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[Sticks]

not even sure what his point is.....that 100s of sub post masters were on the fiddle...its not even realistic

It was the attitude of the post office bigwigs until that drama dragged this out into the light.

[Cherie]

It was the attitude of the post office bigwigs until that drama dragged this out into the light.

Oh I see, gotcha

[arista]

BBC News Text :
[An accounting system used by Post Office
sub-postmasters before the controversial
Horizon software was introduced is likely to have
also been faulty, an investigation has found.
The i paper splashes on this, saying the
"second IT scandal" is "linked to
wrongful convictions". ]


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[arista]

Sky News Text:
["Mr Bates versus the bureaucrats",
The Sunday Times says, as the campaigner accuses
the government of presiding over a
"quasi kangaroo court" system for
Post Office scandal compensation.]



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[Sticks]

Don't forget this is public money, which could be going to the NHS...

[Cherie]

Don't forget this is public money, which could be going to the NHS...

Sigh, they deserve every penny

[thesheriff443]

Don't forget this is public money, which could be going to the NHS...

You would be singing a different tune if you were the victim in this case
Sticks the big fat piggy ?

[Cherie]

You would be singing a different tune if you were the victim in this case
Sticks the big fat piggy ?

People went to prison, lost their reputations, the livilihoods, but nah lets leave them to it and shove more money at the NHS, the NHS gets plenty they just need to manage it better

[thesheriff443]

People went to prison, lost their reputations, the livilihoods, but nah lets leave them to it and shove more money at the NHS, the NHS gets plenty they just need to manage it better

Sticks must work for the nhs :joker:

[arista]

Another One

[People wrongly prosecuted following a faulty
Post Office IT system, which predates Horizon,
are to be compensated, reports The i Paper.

An investigation found that postmasters using
Capture in the 1990s were likely
to have suffered unexplained losses.]



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[Livia]

Justice is all well and good but at this point it's just a word. It costs nothing and refunds nothing. When will they be fully paid the compensation they deserve? That's what I'd like to know.

[bots]

i don't think they will get the compensation, the government will just delay and delay until they are all gone

[Livia]

i don't think they will get the compensation, the government will just delay and delay until they are all gone

Like the contaminated blood scandal.

[Sticks]

Let's remember that we are talking about tax payers money here

[thesheriff443]

Let's remember that we are talking about tax payers money here

You are either pig ignorant or a troll
My money is half and half

[Crimson Dynamo]

When I was in the valley one day I went into the PO as normal and the regular Post Master (lovely chap) was not there. A few weeks later I was told that he left the town in a hurry as he had been stealing money, which at the time was odd, it was only relatively recently I then connected the Horizon thing to him

:sad:

[arista]

https://liveblog.digitalimages.sky/lc-images-sky/lcimg-3d44c70a-80f5-4301-b1ef-4723c2c61082.png

[arista]

https://liveblog.digitalimages.sky/lc-images-sky/lcimg-8a704816-831d-4b6b-91f2-56a156a3007a.png

[arista]

https://liveblog.digitalimages.sky/lc-images-sky/lcimg-d21fde74-f51b-40a3-9fa4-cd9fbeef1d91.png

[Livia]

I want to see people jailed for this.

[bots]

I want to see people jailed for this.

they will only jail the innocent. It's a hard lesson, but it shows the stark reality of giving power to corporations

[Ammi]

Post Office hero Bates lands seven-figure Horizon payout…


Sir Alan Bates has reached a seven-figure deal to settle his claim over the Post Office Horizon scandal, more than 20 years after he began campaigning over what turned into one of Britain's biggest miscarriages of justice.

Sky News has learnt that the government has agreed a deal with the former sub-postmaster after handing him what he described as a "take it or leave it" offer during the spring.

Sir Alan has previously said publicly that that proposal amounted to 49.2% of his original claim.

One source suggested that his final settlement may have been worth between £4m and £5m, implying that Sir Alan's claim could have been in the region of £10m, although those figures could not be corroborated on Tuesday morning.

A government spokesperson said: "We pay tribute to Sir Alan Bates for his long record of campaigning on behalf of victims and have now paid out over £1.2bn to more than 9,000 victims.

"We can confirm that Sir Alan's claim has reached the end of the scheme process and been settled."

Sky News has attempted to reach Sir Alan for comment about the settlement of his claim.

…full article…

https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/post-office-hero-bates-lands-080900516.html