The oldest surviving victim of the horizon scandal of the post office increased his compensation offer, but she said “it is still not good enough”.
Betty Brown, 92, initially offered less than a third of what she had claimed, but she has now received a new offer of 60%.
However, the former postmis sub-maitrise said that BBC justice was still refused.
The Minister of Post Offices, Gareth Thomas, who had previously promised to examine his case, said that it was still the government’s priority to pay as much reparation as possible.
Betty said she was forced to leave her branch in Country Durham in 2003 after she and her late husband spent more than £ 50,000 from their savings to cover the gaps that did not exist.
It was the defective software that gave the impression that money lacked in their branch.
Her post office was one of the most successful in the region, but she was then forced to sell it at a loss.
The horizon’s computer system was responsible for more than 900 sub-maids of the underpinted sub -ossees, many being prosecuted and some even being sent to prison. The scandal was described as one of the widest false strata of justice in the United Kingdom and has been the subject of the ITV drama “M. Bates vs the post office”.
“It absolutely destroyed my whole life,” she told the BBC.
She thanked Mr. Thomas for helping her, but said that there was “another long way to go to obtain justice that had been promised to us”.
Betty has been waiting for 26 years that things are correct.
“We are just going beyond. The evidence is all there,” she said.
More than 892 million pounds sterling have now been paid to more than 6,200 applicants in four different remuneration regimes, according to the latest government figures.
But a group of deputies in January said that the remuneration was not paid quickly enough and called for changes to the way the repair was delivered.
Ms. Brown was one of the 555 original victims who participated in the legal action of the Landmark group led by Alan Bates against the post office. And she seeks her compensation via the Glo program, established just over three years ago.
The story of Betty has become a very publicized case. Thomas was in a hurry on the BBC Newsnight in January, where he promised to examine his case. He met Betty and several other victims the next day.
Although Betty’s offer has now gone from 29% to 60% of her complaint, it is still much less than what she says that the experts told her that she could expect.
The news of its revised offer will not be encouraging for other victims also involved in differences on what is complete and fair.
The Minister of Post Offices, Mr. Thomas, said that he could “understand frustration when lawyers are unable to reach an agreement on a complaint”.
“It is always our priority to pay as much reparation as possible, and in some cases we have been able to offer more than what was alleged,” he said, adding that the government would take “additional measures to resolve quickly and fairly” challenges in disputes such as Betty. “”
Betty is determined to fight to get what she still believes that she is due.
