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Bates says Post Office scandal compensation schemes are ‘quasi-kangaroo courts’

Bates says Post Office scandal compensation schemes are ‘quasi-kangaroo courts’

More than 900 subpostmasters were prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 and many are still awaiting compensation.

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