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'I tried to take my life when family thought I stole' says postmaster in Mr Bates scandal
Former sub-postmaster Parmod Kalia gave stunned GMB co-hosts Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley an insight into the havoc the Post Office scandal has wreaked on his life
Parmod Kalia was one of the subpostmasters wrongly convicted in the Post Office scandal (Image: ITV)Parmod, whose life was nearly destroyed by the shocking scandal, revealed that the impact of being wrongly accused of stealing thousands of pounds from the Post Office had left him totally ostracised from his family, leading him to attempt to take his own life. Parmod, whose marriage broke down as a result of being wrongly convicted of stealing £22,000, also spent six months behind bars in 2001, even though he had subsequently given the Post Office £22,000 of his own money. Parmod was one of over 700 Post Office branch managers falsely convicted of theft or fraud after the faulty Horizon software made it look like money was missing from their shop.
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