Post Office scandal 'has taken 21 years of my life'

A former sub-postmistress who was wrongly jailed while pregnant during the Post Office's Horizon IT scandal is still awaiting full compensation more than 15 years after her ordeal.

Seema Misra, who ran a post office in West Byfleet, Surrey, criticised ongoing delays as an MPs' report found thousands were awaiting full redress, but said the main issue was accountability.

Misra, who was jailed in 2010 and cleared in 2021, said accountants and lawyers were working on her final claim.

Misra said the Post Office was "carrying on as normal" and nothing had changed.

She said: "It looks like a land of two laws, currently. One law for a common person like me and you, and the other for the people in authorities."

She said she objected to the use of the word "compensation", adding: "It's our own money back we'll be asking for."

 

via BBC