BBC Breakfast guest, 92, shares emotional update after 'heartbreak'

The oldest victim of the Post Office scandal has said she can "look to the future" and "turn the heating up full blast" after settling her payout claim. Betty Brown , 92, who is from County Durham, had run the Annfield Plain Post Office with her late husband. She previously shared that she used thousands of pounds from her own savings to cover non-existent shortfalls after faulty data suggested money was missing from the branch, reports Bristol Live . Having presented her case before an independent panel, which ruled in her favour, Betty spoke about the emotional toll of the process on BBC Breakfast on Wednesday (November 5). She shared: "There was a lot of heartbreak in building up that speech... I was warned, I got 60 minutes - I didn't get 61. The emotions, the fear, the terror, was all coming back. You were actually reliving the whole episode all over again." "At last, after 26 years, they've recognised justice and done it," she said. "Pity they took so long." She clarified: "This is a redress scheme. We haven't had a penny compensation. This is... they have only given us back what they took from us. We haven't had a penny compensation. We've got back what they took from us. And that even helps." When asked if she could put the ordeal behind her now, Betty replied: "Yes, I can." "It means that now I can look to the future," she continued. "I can settle up my affairs. I can turn the heating up full blast. And that will be wonderful. And I can do the things that I'm able to do." "I can relax and I'll enjoy what I'll be doing," she went on. "Even if it's nothing, I'll enjoy doing nothing." On the BBC show, which was hosted by Sally Nugent and Jon Kay , Betty said she didn't want "anything extravagant in life". "I just want to lead the life that I've got," she added. She continued: "I just want the other sub postmasters to have what I have been given. I want justice for everyone." BBC Breakfast airs on BBC One from 6am