Sir Alan, 70, is understood to have been awarded £4-5m in compensation and is now focusing on getting criminal convictions against those found guilty of wrongdoing View Image Former subpostmaster and lead campaigner Alan Bates (Image: Tim Merry/Mirror Express)

Hero Sir Alan Bates says “all the baddies seem to be hiding” after settling his claim for a reported seven-figure sum over the Post Office scandal. Around 1,000 people were wrongly prosecuted and convicted between 1999 and 2015 over the faulty Horizon IT system. ‌

Sir Alan, 70, is understood to have been awarded £4-5m in compensation and is now focusing on getting criminal convictions against those found guilty of wrongdoing. The former sub postmaster, who campaigned for victims of the scandal, said: “I don’t think we’l

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