Have they actually paid back any of the money they owe?
If I read it right, yes.
The Observer allege:
She stole £64k over a few years from her employer.
They borrowed money off a relative of her husband to pay the employer back with the deal being the employer drops the criminal complaint.
The relative added hefty interest onto the borrowed money, and they eventually owed the relative £150k. The relative's company went into administration and the debt was called in to help pay that firm's creditors, so they 'lost' their house paying that £150k off.
But the original employer did get the money, and the house paid off the loan taken out to pay off the employer (although I guess no guarantee the house covered the full amounts owed).
The sob story in the book about them losing the house was that it was a bad investment, not that it was essentially the eventual consequences of her allegedly stealing thousands of pounds from her employer.
Of course, I doubt they've paid back the benefits they got whilst having a walking holiday, others I suspect they got whilst working cash in hand on a farm halfway through the book, gone back and paid the campsites they stayed at without paying, paid the shopkeeper she stole from....
Have they actually paid back any of the money they owe?
If I read it right, yes.
They allege she stole £64k from her employer.
He borrowed money off a relative (with their house as collateral) to pay that back with the deal being the employer drops the criminal complaint.
The relative added hefty interest onto the borrowed money, and they owed the relative £150k. The relatives company went into administration and tbe debt was called in so that's how they 'lost' their house.
But the original employer did get the money, and the house paid off the loan.
The sob story about them losing the house was that it was a bad investment, not essentially the eventual consequences of her allegedly stealing thousands of pounds from her employer.
There was a car mechanic/ garage owner who said he was owed £800
it has taken until a high profile film adaptation is launched for this 'truth' to come out - coincidence?
The memoir was published 7 years ago, has been awarded all manner of accolades. Seems hard to believe that any offended or defrauded party hasn't been aware of the Winns' version of events and their resulting profile. Also hard to imagine that Penguin and the film's producers didn't do their own due diligence, given the contentious starting point for the whole story.
One thing of which we can be sure is that lawyers will be enriching themselves, whatever the 'truth'.
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The Observer allege:
She stole £64k over a few years from her employer.
They borrowed money off a relative of her husband to pay the employer back with the deal being the employer drops the criminal complaint.
The relative added hefty interest onto the borrowed money, and they eventually owed the relative £150k. The relative's company went into administration and the debt was called in to help pay that firm's creditors, so they 'lost' their house paying that £150k off.
But the original employer did get the money, and the house paid off the loan taken out to pay off the employer (although I guess no guarantee the house covered the full amounts owed).
The sob story in the book about them losing the house was that it was a bad investment, not that it was essentially the eventual consequences of her allegedly stealing thousands of pounds from her employer.
it has taken until a high profile film adaptation is launched for this 'truth' to come out - coincidence?
The memoir was published 7 years ago, has been awarded all manner of accolades. Seems hard to believe that any offended or defrauded party hasn't been aware of the Winns' version of events and their resulting profile. Also hard to imagine that Penguin and the film's producers didn't do their own due diligence, given the contentious starting point for the whole story.
One thing of which we can be sure is that lawyers will be enriching themselves, whatever the 'truth'.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/real-salt-path-book-observer-040000577.html