Feb 16, 2024
Post Office scandal: £10k pay-out 'cruel', says bankrupt victim
It's the first time he's been back since he fled abroad after losing his livelihood and health from the Horizon Post Office scandal. He went bankrupt two months after selling his post office and shop when he could no longer cover the shortfalls in his accounts. When the Post Office responded with an offer, it admitted that Horizon was responsible for the losses at his branch, but it denied it caused him to go bankrupt. "It is a particularly cruel irony for sub-postmasters to be deprived of compensation the Post Office is due to pay, given it was the Post Office which, in many cases, caused the financial collapse which preceded these bankruptcies," says Mr Hudgell. A Post Office spokesperson said: "We do not comment on individual cases, but we fully recognise that recompensing victims of the Horizon IT scandal who have been declared bankrupt or insolvent as a consequence of Horizon shortfalls has been a complicated and lengthy process - for which we apologise.
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