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Roger Gilbert says he believed the Post Office was acting "honestly and competently" in prosecutions.

Will Mellor, who plays Lee Castleton in hit ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office, had become disillusioned after a number of failed auditions.

Jacquie El Kasaby and Rose Stewart were told they would be pursued by debt collectors if they did not pay up, despite not taking any funds, BBC Scotland reported.

The miniseries tells the story of a long-running campaign to expose the Horizon IT system scandal, in which hundreds of Post Office staff were wrongfully accused of theft and fraud.

Will Mellor, who plays Harvey Gaskell on the ITV soap, also opened up about how his mental health was being impacted prior to the operation.

Will Mellor won huge praise for his performance in Mr Bates Vs The Post Office earlier this year, but the former Coronation Street star was very close to quitting acting before landing the ITV role

ITV Mr Bates vs The Post Office actor Will Mellor had an emotional reunion with the real-life victim he played, Lee Castleton, on Friday's episode of Good Morning Britain

Former subpostmaster Lee Castleton says he and his family are still “picking up pieces” of their lives after he was ordered to repay a shortfall of £25,000 as part of the Post Office scandal. Mr Castleton was made bankrupt by the Post Office after a two-year legal battle, and his story was recently portrayed in the ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office. “My family were abused on the street, it was just horrific, 20 years this has happened for me,” he told Good Morning Britain on Friday ...

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells was forced to hand back her CBE after more than a million people signed a petition demanding she was stripped of the award

The actor played Lee Castleton in the hugely successful ITV drama.