Jo Hamilton, a former sub-postmistress, has been giving evidence at the MP’s select committee hearing regarding the Post Office IT scandal. She expressed deep unhappiness with politicians and detailed the mental health challenges she faced. Hamilton emphasized the difficulty of being believed individually over the Post Office during the Horizon IT scandal. She also highlighted the impact of the prospect of being sent to prison and the Post Office keeping her wages to work off falsely flagged debts. Post Office chief, Mr. Read, acknowledged the appalling situation and agreed that sub-postmistresses felt like they had a 'financial gun held to their head.' Labour's Ian Lavery raised concerns about Post Office bosses potentially pocketing money from victimized sub-postmasters.
Today I sat on the Business and Trade Select Committee where we uncovered that the Post Office bosses may have pocketed money from victimised sub-postmasters. This is a dreadful position. Listen to how Jo Hamilton, former sub postmistress, feels at this possibility: https://t.co/yZqqMSBV5x
Mr Read, the Post Office chief, agrees that the Post Office was the country's most trusted brand. He says it is "appalling" that sub-postmistresses like Jo Hamilton felt like they had a "financial gun held to their head". https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/2Gj9iqb5mW
'It's sickening to be honest. We were shouting so loud at one point and everything was known but yet our money was being played with.' Former Sub-Postmistress Jo Hamilton gives evidence at the Post Office inquiry. 🔓 Become a GB News Member: https://t.co/mNsRsGC8ef https://t.co/QrJdQ0iQFS
"It's sickening, to be honest." Former sub-postmistress is asked how it would make her feel, knowing the money she paid the Post Office demanded she pay back, might be in the pockets of company executives through bonuses. 🔗 https://t.co/SYXffax86b 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube https://t.co/GlWyM8322I
"I felt helpless". Labour's @IanLaveryMP asks Jo Hamilton about the impact of the prospect of being sent to prison had on her. She explains the Post Office kept her wages in order to work off the debts the Horizon system falsely flagged. https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/SCg0YkQNs4
"You just need people to listen." Former sub-postmistress Jo Hamilton details the difficulty she and other wrongly-accused colleagues had during the Horizon IT scandal, in getting people to believe them as individuals over the Post Office. 🔗 https://t.co/SYXffax86b 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/9CiiG9SeE5
Campaigner and former sub postmistress Jo Hamilton arrives at the MP’s select committee hearing and tells us she is buoyed by the progress made since #MrBatesvsPostOffice and that the Post Office brand shouldn’t have a long term future in the UK
A former sub-postmistress from Cambridgeshire says she lost friends and suffered serious mental health challenges, after being caught up in the Post Office IT scandal. Listen to the full interview here: https://t.co/Cmzs69F3pW https://t.co/QdepWOrCdm
Jo Hamilton @JoHamil73963257, the sub postmistress featured in #MrBatesVsThePostOffice was on my @LBC show yday She's with the Select Committee on Tuesday & is DEEPLY unhappy with the politicians. Have a listen ⏬️ Ps. Jo and I made contact on X. The power of social media 👍🏼 https://t.co/6L9tzSc0FN