May 17, 2024

Alan Bates rejects second Post Office compensation offer

PA. Former sub-postmaster and campaigner Alan Bates has rejected his second offer of compensation for the Post Office Horizon IT scandal. "It's frustrating for myself, frustrating for everyone," he told the BBC. The campaigner's fight for justice inspired ITV's Mr Bates vs The Post Office drama. Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted after faulty software indicated that money was missing from Post Office branch accounts. Mr Bates leads the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance, campaigning for financial address for the hundreds of victims who took part in the group legal action against the Post Office. He also highlighted the most recent Post Office Horizon compensation data.

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