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we've been talking michael rudkin talking about michael rudkin to talk # "baby let me kiss you" by ferno it to you # let me kiss you, baby # hey! # baby, can i do it? can i do it to you? # let me kiss you, baby # cos, baby, let me do it now # cos i'm about to do it anyhow crunch # you know you're gonna, baby... to gb news radio show. >> welcome back. my next guest is michael rudkin. michael ran a post office in ibstock with his wife, susan. he was also chair of the national subpostmasters federation. their lives changed forever when they were accused of taking £44,000. michael joins me now. michael it's an appalling catalogue of events which we've all been piecing together over the last. whatever weeks or years, depending . but weeks or years, depending. but what has this done to you and susan? where are you now physically and emotionally? and i can tell you that emotionally, we're both physically drained and wrecked as . a result of and wrecked as. a result of what's transpired. >> what's little known is we came into this industry in 1995. susan and i and we were privileged to be selec
we've been talking michael rudkin talking about michael rudkin to talk # "baby let me kiss you" by ferno it to you # let me kiss you, baby # hey! # baby, can i do it? can i do it to you? # let me kiss you, baby # cos, baby, let me do it now # cos i'm about to do it anyhow crunch # you know you're gonna, baby... to gb news radio show. >> welcome back. my next guest is michael rudkin. michael ran a post office in ibstock with his wife, susan. he was also chair of the national...
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rudkin" and i'm sat there and i'm thinking, "no, i'm michael rudkin, "you're not michael rudkin". it was such an accurate depiction of what went off over them years. michael says that the impact since the series has gone out has been immense. feeling castigated throughout your community and your friends, slowly they ebb away from you, keeping a distance. all of a sudden, 20 years later, i'm getting messages from people who literally i haven't spoken to for 20 years, saying, "we saw the programme, we didn't realise, so sorry." the couple have slowly rebuilt their lives and now run a b&b, but the legacy of what's happened still lingers. if you could even remotely think of what hell would look like, then multiply that by ten, that's how our lives have been these last 15 years. absolute hell. in a statement, a post office spokesperson said they're fully aware of the human cost of the scandal and are doing all they can to right the wrongs of the past. to date, offers of compensation totalling more than £138 million have been made. michael says he wants to be recompensed for their loss
rudkin" and i'm sat there and i'm thinking, "no, i'm michael rudkin, "you're not michael rudkin". it was such an accurate depiction of what went off over them years. michael says that the impact since the series has gone out has been immense. feeling castigated throughout your community and your friends, slowly they ebb away from you, keeping a distance. all of a sudden, 20 years later, i'm getting messages from people who literally i haven't spoken to for 20 years, saying,...
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i've been speaking with the former subpostmaster michael rudkin — one of the victims of the scandal.n rudkin, was wrongly convicted of stealing money — a conviction that was later overturned. their plight was depicted in the itv drama. the first thing is that i am pleased that paula vennells has handed back her cbe, because that is meant to be a serious honour that is bestowed upon someone for the work they've done for an industry, charity organisation. in this particular instance, when my wife was prosecuted and she was going through that process, i wrote to paula vennells personally to ask for clemency, and ask for a further investigation into the reasons why the action that the post office had taken against my wife was completely re—ignored, it was rebuffed and passed on to someone else who sent me a box stamp letter back which was more or less, "sorry, nothing i can do." �* ., , more or less, "sorry, nothing i can do." ., , ., do." and of course, your family's exnerience. _ do." and of course, your family's experience, replicated _ do." and of course, your family's experience, re
i've been speaking with the former subpostmaster michael rudkin — one of the victims of the scandal.n rudkin, was wrongly convicted of stealing money — a conviction that was later overturned. their plight was depicted in the itv drama. the first thing is that i am pleased that paula vennells has handed back her cbe, because that is meant to be a serious honour that is bestowed upon someone for the work they've done for an industry, charity organisation. in this particular instance, when my...
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michael rudkin, who was formerly the union rep with the national federation of sub—postmasters, visited the figures in branch of an office. i wish to this day that i'd recorded which office it was, but nonetheless i saw what i saw, i made the comment, "is this in real time?" he said, "yes." i said, "are you absolutely sure?" "yes, i will alter the figures to prove to you that we can do this." he did that. i said to him, "for your information, as a federation representative, we've always been of the opinion that you cannot in any way, shape or form remotely access a sub—postmaster�*s accounts. " he said, "well, we can." i said, "where to go from here?", at which point he said, "i'll alter the figures back to where they were. "otherwise this sub—postmaster won't balance tonight," and then i was promptly escorted back upstairs with the look of the realisation of, "0ops, i've put my foot in it" — not from my point of view, from my chaperone's point of view. they ushered me out of the building as quickly as possible. the fujitsu staff used that third line access to correct data on the system
michael rudkin, who was formerly the union rep with the national federation of sub—postmasters, visited the figures in branch of an office. i wish to this day that i'd recorded which office it was, but nonetheless i saw what i saw, i made the comment, "is this in real time?" he said, "yes." i said, "are you absolutely sure?" "yes, i will alter the figures to prove to you that we can do this." he did that. i said to him, "for your information, as a...
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and i'm sat there and i'm thinking, "no, i'm michael rudkin, "you're not michael rudkin".couple have slowly rebuilt their lives and now run a b&b, but the legacy of what's happened still lingers. if you could even remotely think of what hell would look like, then multiply that by ten, that's how our lives have been these last 15 years. absolute hell. in a statement, a post office spokesperson said they're fully aware of the human cost of the scandal and are doing all they can to right the wrongs of the past. to date, offers of compensation totalling more than £138 million have been made. michael says he wants to be recompensed for their loss of earnings and to be compensated for what's happened to them. and it's only then that he and his wife can move on. helen astle, bbc news, leicestershire. we're joined by pauline stonehouse, who ran a post office in sunderland and was also prosecuted. good morning to you. we were just chatting a moment ago, won't we? and i said, how are we and you feel talked out because of what's been going on. you describe yourself yesterday at home
and i'm sat there and i'm thinking, "no, i'm michael rudkin, "you're not michael rudkin".couple have slowly rebuilt their lives and now run a b&b, but the legacy of what's happened still lingers. if you could even remotely think of what hell would look like, then multiply that by ten, that's how our lives have been these last 15 years. absolute hell. in a statement, a post office spokesperson said they're fully aware of the human cost of the scandal and are doing all they can...
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joining me now is former subpostmaster michael rudkin, one of post office scandal victims who lost hisjob your wife? it has had an immense impact on _ you and your wife? it has had an immense impact on our- you and your wife? it has had an| immense impact on our everyday you and your wife? it has had an i immense impact on our everyday way of life. we have had to salvage what we did of the business assets we have, the business portfolio, which was worth at the time back in 2012 £1.2 million, now it is worth bricks and mortar. we are running a bed—and—breakfast to keep our head above water. find bed-and-breakfast to keep our head above water-— above water. and are you optimistic that more victims _ above water. and are you optimistic that more victims could _ above water. and are you optimistic that more victims could have - above water. and are you optimistic that more victims could have their l that more victims could have their convictions overturned, just like your wife did? i convictions overturned, 'ust like your wife did?i your wife did? i think it is shameful— your wife did? i think
joining me now is former subpostmaster michael rudkin, one of post office scandal victims who lost hisjob your wife? it has had an immense impact on _ you and your wife? it has had an immense impact on our- you and your wife? it has had an| immense impact on our everyday you and your wife? it has had an i immense impact on our everyday way of life. we have had to salvage what we did of the business assets we have, the business portfolio, which was worth at the time back in 2012 £1.2 million,...
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rudkin, michael rudkin had been given the honour of representing all the subpostmasters in the uk .subpostmasters in the uk. his wife had taken over running, maintaining the post office at ibstock , and he'd uncovered what ibstock, and he'd uncovered what fujitsu were doing with the accounts back in 2008, and he felt he'd been targeted deliberately with a loss immediately after his discovery and fortunately , susan, we and fortunately, susan, we managed to get her. she was one of the first nine to be cleared criminally. i think it was a december 2020, but they still haven't had all their compensation. and that's all these years. there's 75,000. you're absolutely right. it's a soft just to make it go away for a bit until the election. >> andrew's passion this a bit until the election. >> beenkndrew's passion this a bit until the election. >> been very w's passion this a bit until the election. >> been very clearassion this a bit until the election. >> been very clear here. this a bit until the election. >> been very clear here. he this a bit until the election. >> been very clear her
rudkin, michael rudkin had been given the honour of representing all the subpostmasters in the uk .subpostmasters in the uk. his wife had taken over running, maintaining the post office at ibstock , and he'd uncovered what ibstock, and he'd uncovered what fujitsu were doing with the accounts back in 2008, and he felt he'd been targeted deliberately with a loss immediately after his discovery and fortunately , susan, we and fortunately, susan, we managed to get her. she was one of the first nine...
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the village of ibstock is home to the couple michael and susan rudkin.ile her husband lost hisjob. theirs is one of the many shocking stories featured in the itv show. my poor wife is now a convicted criminal. the irony of this, it's taken a programme to blow this all open and the public have really got to grips with what has transpired as a result of this dramatisation, when people have been banging this drum for 20 years. there is a podcast about this scandal. there's a book that has been written about it, there have been documentaries and news articles but it's a television drama on a terrestrial channel, the kind of thing that some people might consider quite old—fashioned, which has finally captured the public�*s imagination when it comes to this story. it's easier to watch, you understand it better if you're not very academic. so i think it's just a way to get to the millions, rather than the hundreds or thousands with podcasts and newspapers. has it changed the way you feel about this scandal? yes, definitely. people have died through it, as well.
the village of ibstock is home to the couple michael and susan rudkin.ile her husband lost hisjob. theirs is one of the many shocking stories featured in the itv show. my poor wife is now a convicted criminal. the irony of this, it's taken a programme to blow this all open and the public have really got to grips with what has transpired as a result of this dramatisation, when people have been banging this drum for 20 years. there is a podcast about this scandal. there's a book that has been...
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he's bringing with him michael rudkin, who ran the ibstock post office. bills. they now want to know who will be held to account for more than a decade of false incriminate and humiliation. and finally, farmers are blocking highways with trucks and tractors in parts of germany in a week of protests against the german government's budget plans . but government's budget plans. but we'll be asking why are they so angry? all of that and lots of chat with our regular panellist andrew eborn . but first, an andrew eborn. but first, an update on the latest
he's bringing with him michael rudkin, who ran the ibstock post office. bills. they now want to know who will be held to account for more than a decade of false incriminate and humiliation. and finally, farmers are blocking highways with trucks and tractors in parts of germany in a week of protests against the german government's budget plans . but government's budget plans. but we'll be asking why are they so angry? all of that and lots of chat with our regular panellist andrew eborn . but...