Lead campaigner and former subpostmaster Alan Bates was sacked by the Post Office because it considered him "unmanageable", the Horizon IT Inquiry has heard.The probe was shown slides from an undated presentation about Horizon integrity prepared by a former Post Office manager, which claimed Mr Bates "clearly struggled with accounting".The presentation, created by the organisation's former managing director of branch accounting Dave Smith, read: "Bates had discrepancies but was dismissed because

Lead campaigner and former subpostmaster Alan Bates was sacked by the Post Office because it considered him "unmanageable", the Horizon IT Inquiry has heard.The probe was shown slides from an undated presentation about Horizon integrity prepared by a former Post Office manager, which claimed Mr Bates "clearly struggled with accounting".The presentation, created by the organisation's former managing director of branch accounting Dave Smith, read: "Bates had discrepancies but was dismissed because he became unmanageable. Clearly struggled with accounting, and despite copious support, did not follow instructions."An internal review of Mr Bates's dismissal concluded he was "unsuitable" to be a postmaster, and said: "The decision to terminate was not only right - it was the only sensible option."The inquiry heard that Mr Bates was critical of Sir Ed Davey after the former postal affairs minister refused a meeting with him in 2010, describing the now Liberal Democrat leader's words as "disap