The oldest victim survivor of the Horizon scandal of the Post Office has rejected a greater offer of compensation, saying that “it is not yet good enough.”
Betty Brown, 92, was originally sacrificed less than a third of what he had claimed, but has now resorted to a new sacrifice or 60%.
However, the former sub-postmistress said that the BBC justice was still denied.
The Minister of the Post Office, Gareth Thomas, who had previously promised to look at his case, said it was always the priority of the government to pay as much repair as he could.
Betty said she was forced to leave her branch in the Durham country in 2003 after she and the late husband spent more than 50000 of her savings to cover the weak deficient that did not exist.
It was the defective software that made it seem to miss money at its branch.
His post office had one of the most successful in the region, but then he was forced to sell it with losses.
The Horizon system was responsible for more than 900 sub-postmasters to be accused of robbery, and many were prosecuted and some bewing sent to jail. The scandal has been described as one of the broadest involuntary abortions of justice in the United Kingdom, and was the subject of ITV drama “Mr. Bates vs the Post Office.”
“It destroyed absolutely my whole life,” he told the BBC.
She thanked Mr. Thomas for helping her, but said “there was still a long way to go to obtain the justice they promised us.”
Betty has been waiting for 26 years for things to be correct.
“We are being shaken. The evidence is there,” he said.
More than £ 892 million has now paid more than 6,200 claimants in four different compensation schemes, according to the latest government figures.
But a group of The parliamentarians in January said The compensation is not paid quickly enough, and requested changes in the way the repair is delivered.
Mrs. Brown was one of the 555 original victims who participated in the legal action of the historical group led by Alan Bates against the Post Office. And he is looking for compensation through the Glo scheme, established about three years ago.
Betty’s story has become a high profile case. Thomas was pressured about the Newsnight of the BBC in January, where he promised to investigate his case. Hello with Betty and several other victims the next day.
Althegh Betty’s sacrifice has now incessant 29% to 60% of his statement that it is still much less than she says that experts told her that they could show hope.
The news of the revised sacrifice will not be encouraging for other victims also wrapped in disputes about what is a complete and fair repair.
The Minister of the Post Office, Thomas, said “can” understand frustration when lawyers cannot reach an agreement on a claim. “
“It is always our priority to pay as much reparation as we can, and in some cases, we have the legs capable of sacrificing more than what has been claimed,” he said, that the government would take “more steps to be fast and so suffering” “” “
Betty is determined to fight to obtain what he still thinks he is owed.
The president of the business authorizations Committee, Liam Byrne, said he was concerned about some victims who face a “significant” elimination of their claims when its initial offer is presented.
He has written to Mr. Thomas with a series of questions about justice of sacrifices, delays and transparency.
