Alan Bates provided evidence in the Horizon IT inquiry on Tuesday
Campaigner and former subpostmaster Alan Bates claims the Post Office spent 23 years attempting to silence him.
The inquiry was shown a presentation prepared by former Post Office managing director of branch accounting Dave Smith. In the presentation, he said Mr Bates was instead dismissed "because he became unmanageable".He added that Mr Bates was "quite positive" when the IT system was first introduced, however, he claims he turned "frustrated" due to "many shortcomings in the system".
He told the inquiry: “I had been led to believe that subpostmasters were working in partnership with the Post Office, and if the Post Office wanted me to measure up to the standards they required, I expected them to do the same for me. Questioned on whether it was ever explained to him that he became “unmanageable”, Mr Bates smiled and said: “No, not at all.” Mr Smith’s presentation also said the campaigner “clearly struggled with accounting and despite copious support did not follow instructions.”
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