The oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal has said she can now "look to the future" after receiving her long-awaited settlement from one of the government's compensation schemes.
"I can settle up my affairs. I can turn the heating up full blast, and that will be wonderful," 92-year-old Betty Brown told the BBC.
Mrs Brown was forced out of her Post Office in Country Durham in 2003 after she and her late husband spent more than £50,000 of their savings to cover shortfalls that did not exist.
Her settlement comes after it was confirmed that campaigner Sir Alan Bates had agreed to a multi-million-pound compensation figure from the Post Office.
"At last, after 26 years, they've recognised justice," she said, adding: "pity they took so long."
