Former Bridlington sub-postmaster sues Post Office and Fujitsu

A former sub-postmaster from Bridlington is starting legal action against the Post Office and Fujitsu over the Horizon IT scandal.

Lee Castleton is the first individual to sue the two organisations in the wake of the controversy.

"I want justice and to be publicly vindicated," Mr Castleton told the BBC.

He is seeking to have a civil action taken against him by the Post Office overturned or set aside.

"I'd like to effectively have my day in court as well," he said.

Mr Castleton was sued by the Post Office for £25,000 it said was missing from his branch in East Yorkshire, in 2007.

His two-year legal fight saw him declared bankrupt following legal costs of £321,000.

According to the BBC, he instructed his solicitors to launch High Court proceedings against the Post Office and Fujitsu on Tuesday.

His lawyer Simon Goldberg, from Simons Muirhead Burton said "Lee faced a David versus Goliath battle against the Post Office and we are fully ready to take this all the way to the high court should we need to".

"It was never about recovery of the sum of money - it was to make an example of Mr Castleton."

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