Oldest Post Office Scandal Victim Rejects Compensation Offer

Betty Brown, the oldest victim of the Post Office IT scandal at 91, has received a compensation offer that is only 29% of her original claim, despite having spent over £50,000 of her savings to cover losses caused by the faulty Horizon system. She was forced out of her job in 2003 under pressure from a Post Office manager who suggested she was 'too old.' Brown participated in a successful legal action against the Post Office led by Alan Bates but has seen the compensation largely consumed by legal costs, with only 221 victims out of 3,100 paid their final redress so far. Despite the government's assertion that they are processing claims more efficiently than before, Brown expressed her frustration, stating, “We’re just treated like dung.” She criticized the disparity between the efforts to prepare her claim and the meager compensation offered, questioning the fairness of the process. The scandal has led to over 900 sub-postmasters being wrongfully prosecuted due to the Horizon software's inaccuracies.