Post Office scandal: 91-year-old victim 'disgusted' with compensation delay

The oldest victim of the Post Office scandal has said she is "Disgusted" with delays to compensation. Located in a former mining village, Mrs Brown's Post Office in Annfield Plain in County Durham had been named as one of the area's most successful branches, vying with larger ones in Consett and Chester-le-Street. Although Mrs Brown and her husband covered the shortfalls from their retirement savings, she says she was eventually forced out of her business by a Post Office manager. A Post Office spokesperson said: "We are deeply aware of the human cost of the scandal and are doing all we can to right the wrongs of the past, as far as that is possible. Both Post Office and Government are committed to providing full, fair and final compensation for the people affected.

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