A fair resolution for Postmasters? (1 Viewer)

[Flying Fokker]

It’s a start. On face value it seems a good sum.

Post Office: Horizon scandal victims offered £600,000 compensation

The sum is for postmasters whose wrongful convictions for theft and false accounting have now been overturned.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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[fernandopartridge]

It seems too low imo. If you were convicted in the early 00s you're looking at:

Direct loss of earnings from losing your job as a postmaster
Losses associated with the punishment
Losses associated with criminal record for future employment
Debts due to improsment
Costs associated with having to move house etc

 

[It’sabatch87]

Vennell needs jailing for being in charge at the time, not sure £600,000 is compensation enough for jail time!!

 

[JAM See]

Vennell needs jailing for being in charge at the time, not sure £600,000 is compensation enough for jail time!!

It's really annoying. If profits go up under the watch of a CEO, they justify their ridiculous bonuses by pointing to the bottom line. When innocent people are wrongly convicted of crimes under their watch, they issue an apology and move on. Disgusting