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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Key post office horizon campaigner mr bates calls for faster compensation | History Defined

Horizon Alan Bates Neil Hudgell Post Office

Actors in Mr Bates vs the Post Office hold a banner saying 'Support our sub-postmasters' — Alan Bates was portrayed by Toby Jones (centre) in the TV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office. Photograph: ITV

A former post office operator who led a campaign to fight against wrongful convictions brought by the Post Office has called for compensation for the victims to be sped up after the broadcast of an ITV drama about the scandal.

The Metropolitan police confirmed on Friday the Post Office was under criminal investigation over “potential fraud offences” committed during the Horizon scandal.

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