Former sub-postmaster Jo Hamilton says she feels “survivor’s guilt” after settling with the government over the Horizon IT scandal for an undisclosed sum.
Ms Hamilton said the settlement would pay off her mortgage and debts, but she got less than she had hoped for.
She said she and her husband accepted the offer as they were “exhausted”.
She said she and her husband accepted the offer as they were “exhausted”.
The mother-of-two was prosecuted for a shortfall of £36,000 at her Post Office in South Warnborough, Hampshire in 2006 and was persuaded to plead guilty to a charge of false accounting.
She took up cleaning jobs, had to mortgage her house twice, borrowed money from friends, and received donations from the local community to pay back the funds.
Her conviction was overturned in 2021 when it was discovered that more than 700 sub-postmasters and postmistresses had been prosecuted because of a faulty accounting system.
Ms Hamilton – who was played by Monica Dolan in the ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office – said she had “mixed feelings” at accepting the compensation offer.
“I almost feel like I’ve got survivor’s guilt, because many of my colleagues that I’ve fought alongside in court, they haven’t been settled,” she said.
Former sub-postmaster Jo Hamilton says she feels “survivor’s guilt” after settling with the government over the Horizon IT scandal for an undisclosed sum.
She said she and her husband accepted the offer as they were “exhausted”.
Ms Hamilton said the settlement would pay off her mortgage and debts, but she got less than she had hoped for.
The mother-of-two was prosecuted for a shortfall of £36,000 at her Post Office in South Warnborough, Hampshire in 2006 and was persuaded to plead guilty to a charge of false accounting.
She said she and her husband accepted the offer as they were “exhausted”.
She said she and her husband accepted the offer as they were “exhausted”.
The mother-of-two was prosecuted for a shortfall of £36,000 at her Post Office in South Warnborough, Hampshire in 2006 and was persuaded to plead guilty to a charge of false accounting.
She took up cleaning jobs, had to mortgage her house twice, borrowed money from friends, and received donations from the local community to pay back the funds.
Her conviction was overturned in 2021 when it was discovered that more than 700 sub-postmasters and postmistresses had been prosecuted because of a faulty accounting system.
Ms Hamilton – who was played by Monica Dolan in the ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office – said she had “mixed feelings” at accepting the compensation offer.
“I almost feel like I’ve got survivor’s guilt, because many of my colleagues that I’ve fought alongside in court, they haven’t been settled,” she said.
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