Alan Bates tells Post Office inquiry it was 'obvious' organisation was 'after' him

Post Office victims campaigner Alan Bates has told the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal that it was 'pretty obvious' the organisation 'were after me - one way or another'. Mr Bates was also described as 'unmanageable' by a former senior figure at the organisation, documents disclosed at the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal have revealed.

At the time Mr Bates recalled hearing a manager at the Post Office say: 'Oh, it's another one - the Horizon losses.' It wasn't until 2015 that the Post Office ceased prosecuting sub-postmasters using wrongful data from Horizon. No apology was made until 2019 after a successful High Court challenge taken by Mr Bates and other sub-postmaster victims.

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