Sir Alan Bates, who led the campaign for justice over the Post Office Horizon scandal, has settled his compensation claim with the government.

It’s understood he’ll receive a seven-figure payout.

He’s spent 20 years fighting for subpostmasters who were wrongly accused of theft because of faulty software.

One of those being Seema Misra from West Byfleet, who was sentenced to 15 months in jail in 2010 while pregnant.

Here’s out City editor Mark Kleinman.