Post Office scandal victim cries during TV interview as she relives mental health breakdown

Post Office scandal victim cries as she relives mental health breakdown. Source: Good Morning Britain, ITV

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00:00 It drove me so mad that I tried to commit suicide.

00:22 And you ended up in hospital?

00:23 Yeah.

00:24 And as we saw in the drama, you were given... things were so extreme with you.

00:29 Jess.

00:30 Are you alright?

00:31 Are you OK?

00:32 Jess, you honestly show such strength by speaking out and I can imagine your family is so proud

00:37 of you for doing that and the community as well will know the truth.

00:42 I find it unforgivable, unacceptable that the post office has not apologised to you

00:46 personally, that they put you through this.

00:48 I just want it all behind me now to be able to get on with our future.

00:53 One thing I did want to bring up as well is the fact that while I was in hospital, the

00:59 post office didn't believe that I was there so they sent their own doctors.

01:04 They thought you were lying about being in hospital?

01:06 Yeah.

01:07 And they sent their own doctors to check that you were there?

01:09 Yeah.

01:10 And then they examined me as well.

01:11 Oh.

01:12 Yeah.

01:13 So not only was I getting the electric shock treatments, I was also getting grief of them.

01:19 And these, I was going to ask you when we pause the interview, you're back in the saddle

01:23 now, this electric shock treatment, it's robbed you of memories.

01:27 Memory, yeah.

01:28 You've lost memories of your childhood.

01:29 Childhood, yeah.

01:30 And you're still on medication, aren't you?

01:32 Still on medication, yeah.

01:33 Quite substantial medication.

01:34 Yeah, yeah.

01:35 Well, we pray that you get the compensation and the apology that you so richly deserve.

01:40 Thank you.

01:41 And the irony is that we have this statement from the post office which says we're acutely

01:45 aware of the human cost of the scandal and both post office and government are continuing

01:50 to provide full and fair compensation.

01:51 But you haven't received a penny in compensation?

01:54 No.

01:55 It's just words, isn't it?