Jailed Shropshire Post Office worker to receive share of £58 million payout
A former post office clerk from Telford who claimed she was wrongly jailed for theft is in line for a huge payout after the Post Office agreed to a £58 million settlement.
Tracy Felstead was one of more than 500 former Post Office workers who launched a group litigation in the High Court, saying they were falsely accused over financial discrepancies which they said were caused by a computer glitch.
But the Post Office has now agreed to settle out of court, and will pay the claimants a total of £57.75 million including legal costs likely to exceed £25m.
Miss Felstead, 37, from Bournside Drive, Brookside, was jailed for six months in 2001 for theft and false accounting after her till was found to be £11,500 short. She has protested her innocence ever since.
The news has also come as a welcome boost to former Shrewsbury sub-postmistress Rubbina Shaheen, who was jailed for 12 months in 2010 for false accounting.
Mrs Shaheen, who kept Greenfields post office in the town, will not receive any of the money as she was not part of the group litigation, but like Miss Felstead she is seeking to have her conviction overturned through the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
