A TV dramatisation of the Horizon scandal which saw hundreds of former subpostmasters and subpostmistresses pursued by the Post Office concluded on Thursday night.
Victims caught up in the Post Office IT scandal have told Sky News how their lives were turned upside down - as a new drama has depicted their story. Mr Bates vs The Post Office tells how former subpostmasters and subpostmistresses were held liable by the Post Office for financial discrepancies thrown up by its computerised accounting system, Horizon. Their pursuit led to more than 700 prosecutions, criminal convictions and, in some cases, prison sentences.
' Mr Thomas first came across Alan Bates when former Welsh language current affairs programme Taro Naw found more people who had been affected. 'I have to say, Alan Bates led us,' he said. 'I was a postman and the way I can describe Alan is - as a postman you don't like dogs, the dog would get hold of you and not let go - and Alan is exactly the same. Once he's got hold of something he's not going to let go.
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