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hello, i m balvinder gill. i was a sub postmaster until i was wrongly suspended by the post office and made bankrupt. what does the promise to clear and compensate victims of the post office scandal mean for me? balvinder gill is here along with four other subpostmasters. they ll give their reaction live tonight to today s news that they will finally be cleared but will everyone be helped? the minister responsible tells us the budget for compensation is £1 billion. is he sorry it s taken so long? it s terrible, i apologise to all those people, i think over 60 people, and this has been going on for over 20 years, probably 2a, 25 years now. who does he think should pay the bill taxpayers or fujitsu, who delivered the faulty horizon software? plus tonight, the man who was employed by the post office to investigate horizon software and who found it faulty as far back as 2013. good evening. it feels like theft but it was more like systematic abuse the words of t ....
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To have their cases reconsidered, claiming that the computer system was flawed. a total of 86 criminal convictions have so far been overturned, but many victims are still waiting for compensation and some have since died. we re joined now by journalist and author of the great post office scandal, nick wallis, and lee castleton who s a former sub postmaster. morning. lee, tell us what happened to you? i morning. lee, tell us what happened to ou? ., . to you? i bought a post office in 2003. in 2004, to you? i bought a post office in 2003. in 2004, we to you? i bought a post office in 2003. in 2004, we were - to you? i bought a post office in 2003. in 2004, we were havingj 2003. in 2004, we were having problems balancing with the system. it led to a shortfall ofjust over £25,000. the post office decided i was liable. they took me to the high court in london. and spent £321,000 trying to recoup the £25,000 of the tax payers money, which forced me into bankruptcy and i basically lost ....