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GMB fans in tears as Post Office scandal's oldest victim, 91, details being hounded while nursing dying husband


Britain's oldest Post Office scandal victim left GMB viewers in tears on Friday, as she detailed how she was hounded during retirement as she nursed her dying husband

The oldest victim of the scandal told presenters Ben Shephard and Charlotte Hawkins on Friday's show, 19 January, how she believes the stress triggered by the Horizon computer system hastened the death of her husband, whose cancer had been in remission. The oldest victim of the scandal told presenters Ben Shephard and Charlotte Hawkins how she believes the stress triggered by the Horizon computer system hastened the death of her husband, whose cancer had been in remissionShe continued: "If I had been sitting in that chair, I would have been up at the banks, all the financials institutions, kicking their doors in!" During her appearance on Good Morning Britain, Betty detailed how the scandal had "totally destroyed lives" and made her go from a happy person to "someone who was worried sick and devastated"Although Mrs Brown and her husband covered the shortfalls from their retirement savings, she says she was eventually forced out by a Post Office manager.

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