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i have spoken to allan bates back in 2019 when we were doing the negotiations, he is an extremely decent clear he thinks there still so much to fight for. the main thing i want at the moment is for the original victim groups to get their money sooner rather than later, it has gone on far too long. what will you do when it is over? me? i will buy a little post office and put my feet up. the smile on his face said it all. he is a man who feels finally vindicated. zoe conway, bbc news. let's speak to david enright, a partner at howe & co solicitors who represented some of the post office vicitim. the smile on the face of mr bates today, he was the star witness today but the final act, certainly we're not there yet. what did you make of what he had to say? i not there yet. what did you make of what he had to say?— what he had to say? i 'ust returned and alan was h what he had to say? i 'ust returned and alan was give — what he had to say? ijust returned and alan was give evidence - what he had to say? ijust returned and alan was give evidence and - what he had to say? ijust returned| and ala