Ep 27 - The Sethis wait and wait and wait

Episode 27,   Feb 01, 2023, 03:04 PM

Adeep Sethi talks about his parents' lengthy wait for compensation and speculates the Post Office is dragging things out to wear everyone down.

In 2002, Baljit and Anjana Sethi (pictured), were trusted Subpostmasters in Essex. They were was sacked by the Post Office over a £17,000 discrepancy in one of their branches' accounts. The Sethis had successfully run a Post Office branch for more than 20 years. Baljit told the Brentwood Gazette at the time it was not their fault, rather it was down the Post Office's Horizon IT system. In 2019 the Sethis were proved right. Baljit and Anjana have been fighting for compensation for more than two years. They have yet to be made an offer, despite applying to the Post Office's Historical Shortfall compensation scheme in 2020. Baljit and Anjana's son Adeep has taken up their fight, and he tells us everything on this episode of Investigating the Post Office Scandal.

Link to the Brentwood Gazette 2002 article featuring Baljit and Anjana

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Post Office Horizon IT inquiry website https://www.postofficehorizoninquiry.org.uk

Nick's book https://bathpublishing.com/products/the-great-post-office-scandal-updated-pbk

Rebecca's first investigation for Computer Weekly in 2009: https://www.computerweekly.com/news