Post Office hero Sir Alan Bates awarded knighthood at Windsor Castle
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Sir Alan Bates, 70, led a decades-long campaign to expose the national scandal, which saw more than 700 subpostmasters prosecuted by the Post Office and given criminal convictions between 1999 and 2015. open image in gallery Sir Alan said he was ‘surprised’ when the award was announced in June He arrived at Windsor Castle with his wife, Lady Suzanne Sercombe, where he was awarded the honour which recognises services to justice. Last year Sir Alan rejected the offer of an OBE, saying it would not be appropriate to accept while Paula Vennells, CEO of the Post Office during the scandal, still held a CBE. After denying they were his fault and refusing to cover the shortfall, Sir Alan was fired from the Post Office in November 2003. open image in gallery Sir Alan’s honour recognises services to justice Despite not being prosecuted, he lost the £65,000 he and Lady Suzanne had invested into the business.
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