Post Office inquiry stay updates: Former sub-postmaster Alan Bates to present proof | EUROtoday

Alan Bates is a former sub-postmaster who led the marketing campaign to show the Post Office Horizon IT scandal.

He ran the Post Office at Craig-y-Don, Llandudno from March 1998 till November 2003. The Horizon IT system was put in at his department shortly after he took cost. As with different sub-postmasters, he observed cash – 1000’s of kilos at a time – going lacking from his books.

He refused to make up the shortfall, regardless of the Post Office’s calls for, satisfied the Fujitsu computing system was accountable.

Bates later based the Justice For Subpostmasters Alliance (JFSA) and he and 5 others took the Post Office to the High Court.

The former sub-postmaster continues to marketing campaign for all these affected within the Horizon scandal and for a authorities compensation scheme. His story and the scandal was the topic of ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office.

Toby Jones, who performed Bates, has stated it was one of the troublesome roles of his profession.

“He was constantly denying the fact that he was worthy of being the subject of the drama, because his life is totally preoccupied with achieving justice for sub-postmasters,” Jones stated of Bates.