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REVEALED: Uk post office scandal may have caused 13 suicides inquiry - The Real Truth

Alan Bates led the campaign to secure justice for thousands of British post office managers falsely accused of taking money from the till (Credit: AFP)

Thirteen people caught up in a faulty accounting software scandal at British Post Office branches may have killed themselves and 59 more contemplated doing so, a public inquiry report published Tuesday said.

The Post Office wrongfully prosecuted around 1,000 subpostmasters -- self-employed branch managers -- between 1999 and 2015.

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