Post Office scandal victim dedicates OBE to 'sub-postmasters we have lost'
- company Post Office
- location County Durham
- location UK
- location Windsor Castle
- person Betty Brown
- product Horizon IT system
Betty Brown, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Horizon scandal, has received an OBE from King Charles III, dedicating the honor to fellow sub-postmasters who lost their livelihoods[1][2].
The 93-year-old was presented with the award at Windsor Castle on Tuesday[2]. She was wrongly accused of stealing and forced out of her County Durham branch in 2003[1]. Brown and her late husband spent over £50,000 of their savings to cover shortfalls that did not exist[1][2]. The faulty Horizon IT system led to more than 900 sub-postmasters being wrongly prosecuted in one of the UK's worst miscarriages of justice[1]. Over a billion pounds has been paid in compensation to victims[1]. Brown said the King described the scandal as 'dreadful' and told him justice 'has no cost'[2]. However, a police chief warned last week that the criminal investigation into the scandal could be delayed by five years due to a lack of funding[2].
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Durham County Council is the local authority for the unitary authority area of County Durham in North East England. The unitary authority area is smaller than the ceremonial county of Durham, which additionally includes Darlington, Hartlepool, and part of Stockton-on-Tees. The co…
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Grindon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Grindon and Thorpe Thewles, in the Stockton-on-Tees district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. The civil parish population at the census 2001 was 2,603 reducing to 2,484 at the 2011 Census. In the 2021…
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Murton is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, eight miles (13 km) east of the city of Durham and six miles (9.7 km) south of Sunderland. It had a population of 4,534, which rose to 7,676 at the 2011 Census. It was originally a rural agricultural hamlet called Mo…
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