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Sophie Brownson

'They came in like the Mafia' - Ex-Newcastle sub-postmistress accused of stealing £40k in Horizon Post Office scandal opens up about nightmare ordeal

Former sub-postmistress Shazia Saddiq was a single mum trying to provide for her two children when a false accusation turned her world upside down.

The 38-year-old was running the Ryton Post Office in Gateshead and Westgate Hill Post Office in Newcastle when she says the Post Office accused her of stealing £40,000.

Shazia, from Scotswood, Newcastle, said she received a call from Post Office officials on October 26, 2016, who told her she was suspended for 'stealing' money from the Westgate Hill Post Office.

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