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Sir Alan Bates (born 1954 or 1955) is a former subpostmaster and a leading campaigner for victims of the British Post Office scandal, in which thousands of subpostmasters were accused of dishonesty when faulty Post Office accounting software created shortfalls in their accounts.
Jun 15, 2024 · Post Office: 'This is weird' - Alan Bates on receiving a knighthood. The campaigner and former sub-postmaster, Alan Bates, was at the public inquiry into the Post Office scandal...
Jun 14, 2024 · Former subpostmaster Alan Bates has insisted he is not a hero after receiving a knighthood – which he learned of while watching ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells at the Horizon IT inquiry.
Apr 9, 2024 · Alan Bates, who led 555 sub-postmasters to take the Post Office to the High Court over the Horizon IT scandal, became a household name when his fight for justice was told in an ITV drama,...
Jul 11, 2024 · Sir Alan Bates was awarded a honorary law doctorate by Bangor University to recognise his role, immortalised in the television drama Mr Jones Vs The Post Office. The former sub-postmaster from...
Alan's story - and name - was the focus of the ITV drama, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, which has reignited the public consciousness around the Post Office scandal.
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Dec 20, 2023 · ITV. Toby Jones plays the main character of the drama: Alan Bates, a subpostmaster who became a campaigner for justice at the Post Office IT scandal. In 1998 Bates and his partner,...
