Moment daughter of bankrupt Post Office victim Lee Castleton breaks down in ... trends now The daughter of a bankrupt Post Office victim broke down in tears as she revealed how she was bullied at school when her father was wrongly accused of stealing £25,000. Former subpostmaster Lee Castleton was pursued through the courts by the Post Office after the dodgy Horizon system, built by Fujitsu, made it appear as though money was missing from his outlet in the seaside town of Bridlington in East Yorkshire. He was left 'traumatised' and had to sell his shop and home when he was ordered to pay back money and legal costs to the tune of £321,000 despite doing nothing wrong. The ordeal had a heavy impact on his family, including his daughter, Millie-Jo, who had to contend with bullying at school as cruel classmates chucked bottles at her and spat on her head. She broke down in tears today as she recounted how the scandal had wreaked havoc with her mental health and her relationship with money for the last two decades, as she described the internal turmoil she goes through when simply going to buy a £25 pair of jeans. Millie-Jo Castleton was bullied by her classmates when her father was wrongly accused of stealing £25,000 from his Post Office in Bridlington, East Yorkshire Mr Castleton and his wife Lisa were forced to shut their shop and sell their home to cover legal fees She pleaded on BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House show this morning for those responsible to own up as she paid tribute to her 'heroic' father. Becoming emotional with her voice breaking, Millie-Jo said: 'I have a very complicated relationship with money because one of the big things for our family was that our father was taken to court and was essentially accused of stealing this money and the court bankrupted him knowing full well that he had not done anything.' Millie-Jo then broke down in tears before composing herself as she explained how she has been left feeling paranoid about having enough money in the bank. 'I'll go into a shop and let's just say a pair of jeans are more than £25 there's a little alarm bell that goes off in my head like "do I really need them? Am I going to get them today?". 'And more often than not I will walk away from things because my head is just dinging about finances.' Millie-Jo spoke about her battles with an eating disorder and her refusal to eat was a way of trying to take some form of control. And she directed her anger at those at the Post Office and Fujitsu who had 'drove people to their absolute limits' as she demanded those culpable to 'just be honest'. Proud parents Mr and Mrs Castleton and their son Cameron attend Millie-Jo's graduation at York Minster Mr Castleton, pictured here on Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg today, said victims of the scandal had been 'traumatised' Will Mellor plays the former postmaster in the hit drama on the scandal which saw more than 700 Post Office staff falsely prosecuted based on erroneous data from the firm's Horizon computer system, which was developed by Fujitsu Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced last week a new law would be pushed through Parliament to quash the convictions of around 700 subpostmasters amid ITV's Mr Bates vs The Post Office bringing the scandal into renewed focus. Millie-Jo says the outpouring of national outrage from the four-part drama had given her and her family huge support. But she feared their fight for the truth would not 'end quickly'. 'I don’t know what necessarily is going to happen from here but it’s a case of now we are going to keep on fighting as we have been but I do have a renewed hope based on the public’s reaction,' she said. He father told the BBC's Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme last week he was 'really, really angry' and called on more help for those caught up in the nightmare. Mr Castleton and his wife, Lisa, who are played by Will Mellor and Amy Nuttall in the ITV drama, were forced to close the shop and sell their house to cover legal fees. Additionally, Mrs Castleton was left suffering from stress-induced seizures, while the couple's children, Millie-Jo and Cameron, were forced to move schools due to bullying. The Castletons' plight, along with other subpostmasters, has been made the focus of the ITV series. Pictured: Toby Jones with other members of the cast in a promotional image for the programme More than 700 Post Office branch managers were given criminal convictions after faulty accounting software made it appear as though money was missing from their shops Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells announced she was handing back her CBE with 'immediate effect' after more than one million people signed a petition calling for her honour to be revoked Rishi Sunak said a new law to quash the convictions of around 700 Post Office scandal victims will be introduced Speaking to Kuenssberg, Mr Castleton said the battle to get compensation following the scandal was 'like a war' and described the situation as 'combative'. He said: 'The victims are traumatised. It has been a long time of 25 years and £135 million has been paid to some of the victims, but we have had £150 million-plus paid to lawyers. 'These lawyers are putting lots of pressure and it is difficult. The schemes are difficult. 'We are just normal run-of-the-mill people. We have legal people with us but it is so difficult and it is like a war. 'Why would anybody put the Post Office and DBT (the Department for Business and Trade) in charge of recompensing the victims?' The father-of-two added that he was 'really, really angry' but hopes there may now be increased public support for the cause. He said: 'I hope that pressure comes to bear, that's what we've tried to do for years. It has been very difficult to be able to push our cause. 'We are just people from your village shop or your local post office. It is really hard to draw up support and it has been very difficult to get people to believe.' He added: 'I would like people to contact their MP and put pressure on people to help us. The group has always needed help. We've had some fantastic people help us through this along the way and people that continue to help us. 'If there is one thing I have learned, it is that support makes this work. It is very lonely being the only one, as the Post Office would constantly tell each of the victims. 'Now we are together in this and we just need to keep walking forward no matter what the punches are, no matter how hard the war gets. We just need to keep pushing.' Shamed former Post Office boss Paula Vennells handed back her CBE after coming under intense pressure when more than one million people signed a petition calling for her honour to be revoked. All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility