[Ammi]

However unfair it seems or upsetting it is to the Dowling family or any other victims of this, its really no surprise. Brookes was always going to get an obscene payout if she was forced to resign, you can't reach the level she was at without being in a win, win situation, in terms of her employment contract. Its stupid to think she would have walked away with nothing and her head hung in shame. She's not the only person to act badly and walk away with a wadge of cash she doesn't deserve (look at the bank execs), that's just the way it is. At least she's gone