Campaigner demands clarity from Horizon IT inquiry that those responsible for wrongful convictions will face justice

Postal workers falsely accused by the Post Office of theft and fraud may have to bring their own private prosecutions to get justice, a leading campaigner has said.

Alan Bates, the former post office operator whose role in seeking justice for hundreds like himself was portrayed in a television drama that helped put the Horizon IT scandal in the spotlight, said he would begin crowdfunding for a legal campaign.

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