Post Office scandal: Subpostmistress who ‘paid back’ £70,000 says her children were accused of stealing
7 months ago

Post Office scandal: Subpostmistress who ‘paid back’ £70,000 says her children were accused of stealing

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. With her mother, she paid £70,000 back to the Post Office through a combination of loans, savings and borrowing from family members, leaving her feeling ”humiliated, shamed, and frustrated”. After the scheme closed, Myra reached out to the Post Office via email and was told to apply to the historic shortfall scheme. Ahead of Paula Vennells testimony at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, Myra said Ms Vennells’ crime was an “attempted cover-up” of the scandal. The Post Office said in a statement: ”We are sorry for the hurt and suffering that was caused to victims of the Horizon IT Scandal and their loved ones.

History of this topic

A year after the Horizon Post Office scandal was exposed, victims must get justice
1 week, 5 days ago
Paula Vennells has not been held to account, suggests Post Office successor
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Post Office boss told ‘not to dig into the past’ by top lawyer, Horizon IT inquiry hears
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Post Office boss told not to ‘dig into the past’ by top lawyer, inquiry hears
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Britain’s CEO of scandal-ridden Post Office will step down next year
3 months ago
Nothing has changed under Labour, say Post Office victims
3 months, 1 week ago
Mr Bates v Post Office star Will Mellor is still ‘angry’ about Horizon scandal
5 months ago
Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells booed by subpostmasters for saying their cases ‘bored’ her
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Alan Bates says he has ‘no sympathy’ for tearful Paula Vennells
7 months ago
Former UK Post Office boss breaks down in inquiry over scandal that saw hundreds wrongly convicted
7 months ago
Paula Vennells accused of asking team to ‘dig into’ dead man’s records
7 months ago
Paula Vennells breaks down in tears mid-evidence at Horizon IT inquiry
7 months ago
Paula Vennells shown damning text from ex-Royal Mail chief over Post Office scandal: ‘I think you knew’
7 months ago
The Post Office scandal – a timeline of key events
7 months ago
UK's Post Office scandal: Indian-origin woman rejects ex-boss's apology
8 months, 1 week ago
‘I exposed the Post Office scandal years before the inquiry – so why is justice taking so long?’
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Law to exonerate wronged subpostmasters moves a step closer
9 months ago
Post Office scandal victim Jo Hamilton tells Brit Awards audience that government still hasn’t paid her yet
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Post Office campaigner Alan Bates tells Government to ‘get on and pay people’
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Post office should be sold for £1, wronged postmaster Alan Bates tells MPs
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Post Office victims wronged in Horizon scandal to have names cleared by new law
10 months ago
Alan Bates rejects ‘derisory’ payout over Post Office scandal
10 months, 3 weeks ago
No deadline for full compensation for Post Office victims, says Kemi Badenoch
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Post Office chairman ousted amid government frustration over Horizon scandal
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Post Office scandal shows the perils of putting our faith in IT
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Post Office’s secret decision to sack forensic accountants branded ‘disgusting’
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Fujitsu boss admits his company knew right from the start about the Post Office IT problem
11 months ago
Post Office Scandal: MPs grill ‘sorry’ Fujitsu boss as Alan Bates slams compensation delays
11 months, 1 week ago
Mr Bates vs the Post Office: compensate us before we die
11 months, 1 week ago
Post Office boss blames ‘culture of denial’ for Horizon compensation delay
11 months, 1 week ago
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: How a TV drama shook up Britain – in just a week
11 months, 1 week ago
Post Office investigator denies behaving like ‘Mafia gangster’ over Horizon scandal
11 months, 1 week ago
Fujitsu should pay bill for Post Office scandal if guilty, says government
11 months, 1 week ago
Post Office hero Alan Bates hails new law to quash postmaster convictions
11 months, 1 week ago
The creators of Mr Bates vs the Post Office on the drama’s colossal impact: ‘We tapped into the nation’s rage’
11 months, 1 week ago
Post Office scandal: TV drama forces Rishi Sunak to announce new law exonerating 736 convicted subpostmasters
11 months, 1 week ago
It shouldn’t have taken a change in the law – or a TV drama – to deliver justice to the Post Office victims
11 months, 1 week ago
Postmasters prosecuted by CPS while Keir Starmer was in charge
11 months, 1 week ago
Post Office scandal: How will the new law to exonerate victims of Horizon work?
11 months, 1 week ago
Post Office must reveal how much cash it ‘stole’ from subpostmasters, MPs told
11 months, 1 week ago
Kate Middleton’s postmaster demands justice for colleagues
11 months, 1 week ago
Hundreds of UK postal workers wrongly accused of fraud will have their convictions overturned
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Post Office hero Alan Bates fights back tears over surprise gift from Richard Branson
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Post Office scandal screenwriter says series stands for those ‘who feel unheard’
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Why did it fall to TV execs to fight for victims of the Post Office scandal?
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Who is Paula Vennells? Petition calling for stripping of CBE hits 1m signatures
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Post Office scandal victims could be exonerated, Rishi Sunak suggests
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Government ‘looking at’ measures to clear Horizon scandal postmasters, PM says
11 months, 2 weeks ago
PM Rishi Sunak pledges action over Post Office scandal impacting many British Indians
11 months, 2 weeks ago

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