The former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has denied trying to influence the independent investigation into the Horizon IT scandal – as emails emerged revealing that she saw managing the media as an urgent priority. The inquiry chairman had to intervene during groans of derision from the public gallery.
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Paula venel day two I don’t recall I don’t remember I don’t think I understood I don’t think I knew that I have no recollection of that at all over and over and over again Ian Henderson was one of the second site forensic accountants who uncovered the post office computer disaster and thus the post office coverup and got sacked for doing so by the post office this program first revealed covert recordings between Ian Henderson and Paula venel management team showing venel wasn’t focused on miscarriages of justice pa agrees that the original scope of the investigation did not go as far as looking at um whether it was the um miscarriage of Justice point today the inquiry was read an extract from the covert recording Paula venel indeed not looking for miscarriages of Justice that’s not what she’s looking for but the inquiry was shown the second site terms of reference all about investigating miscarriages of Justice Jason beer said if the accountants had been able to do their job a decade of miscarriage of Justice may not have happened Paul lenel agreed emails showed the post office wanted to force second site to use just two or three sub postmaster cases to prove its computer system wasn’t at fault why was The Proposal to limit the report to determining whether systemic defects in Horizon had resulted in wrongful convictions on the basis of two or three cases I don’t know I wasn’t involved in the conversation how could two or three p cases possibly answer the question have systemic defects in Horizon generally resulted in the wrongful conviction they couldn’t they they they could not possibly do that email after email today Unearthed a key part of the post office cover up there was a terror of media coverage on radio newspapers and television even when forced to make a statement therefore the post office would only give one tiny part of the full truth of the unfolding disaster post office press officer Mark Davis told Paul Avenel you can’t go back years investigating all these postmasters and here’s why and this says you can’t do that you’ll be on the front page that’s a grossly improper perspective isn’t it yes it is yes it is then a bombshell Paula venel warmly welcomed Mark Davis’s grossly improper perspective she wrote back to Davis your right to call this out I will take your steer you did take the advice of the pr guy didn’t you I really don’t remember it relating to the decision hang on now please groans of derision from the sub postmasters at the hearing I understand how this reads but I don’t recall making any conscious decision not to go back and put in place a review of all past criminal cases looking on across the country this week the victims understand how she’s lost away and quite honestly I find this utterly contemptible the way she sits there acting like the wounded soldier when in actual fact she was the commander-in-chief I absolutely loved my post office sorry I loved my post office branch so much we know the difference between right and wrong these people don’t post office limited don’t know the difference between right and wrong simply Satan be gone as she left public anger at the woman who was an Anglican priest and shortlisted for Bishop of London even after the post office disaster rot in hell you disgust us tomorrow the last of three days of her evidence
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Totally utterly despicable. Lives have been destroyed, people have committed suicide, it is utterly shameful how the Post Office still act. Anger is not the word here, life in prison are the words.
scumbag, she probably votes Tory
Lock her up!
She looks like a Woody doll thats been in a fire
I’ve seen a lot of the investigation and I’ve always wanted Vennells to do jail time but based on what I’ve seen so far, I think most of those involved in the corrupt scandal should do jail time. Talk about “tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth” they’re all lying. This lot make politicians look like saints 😳
This Wretched Women is a Disgrace to the UK, the once Revered PO and a Mockery to Justice!
She should pay for everything perpetrated by Her and her Confederates. One of the Biggest Miscarriages of Justice not just at home but Globally.
Trying to shed Tears and pleading for Sympathy. She should be served the Full Brunt of a rightful verdict. Should not be given any leniancy or a drop of consideration.
Let her and associates be served the meal they've been seving for years. No quarter given Whatsoever! Let her be a at last true example of British Justice, lets redeem our Justice System by ministering to her dire justice and Retribution. Let her wallow in her false grief and sympathy and find no rest or peace here after. For what she has caused there can be No reparation or viable terms agreed to. No No No!
Irrational RAGE is building up in me as I look how lies, deflections, "I don't recall" are PURELY ALLOWED to use in court as long as you belong to a certain cast… Try do do the same thing in court for a minor fault, if you are a minor person; you would be crushed like a turd…….This world have to change, this system have to perish.
Anything less than prison for this woman and her accomplices would be an absolute joke. No doubt she’ll find a rock and hide under it with her I’ll gotten gains.
You can not blame a individual No it was a glitch that was uk wide and its a travesty
You sometimes can certainly judge a book from looking at the cover.
It’s great that Pala Vennells is getting a lot of flack. It’s all thoroughly deserved. But what of the other Post Office CEOs? We don’t seem to even know their names or certainly they’re not in the public consciousness in the way that Vennells’ name is. They must’ve been equally guilty.
Put her on the "Front Page for 2 years"
jail. no question
What a horrible specimen of humanity.
Her and all those complicit in this scandal need jailing. And then when we've done that, we need to move on to regulators for Water, Rail and Power. Following that, all those pushing the maxxines need dealing with. Criminal bstrds
My God she's sore on the retina 😢
Prison !
Send her to prison
what a rotten piece of work. Should spend the rest of her days in jail.
It's a little-known fact that from the International Space Station you can see the Great Lakes, the Great Wall of China, the Panama Canal….. and Paula Vennells' string of lies.
Just be mindfind,that all this , I don't recall, I can't remember nonsences, will be called out in actual criminal proceedings.This enquiry is laying the foundation.There will be no wiggle room left for these amnesia sufferers at that point.They are liars and thieves at best, utterly contemptable and in my opinion beyond redemption.
Teflon coated; just like the bankers.
Vennells absolutely knew that Horizon was faulty.
Therefore she knew that they were persecuting hundreds of innocent people,
Sending them to prison,
Putting them into huge debt.
Robbing them of their:
Businesses,
Life savings,
Financial stability,
Reputation, Dignity and normal Pride in themselves,
Abilty to ever be employed again,
Lifestyle,
Mental Health,
And for some, even drove them to suicide.
Who could survive such a destructive force, without being totally devastated, and ruined?
Her actions literally affected thousands of people, in a very destructive way.
And she knew the evidence that this was based on, was a lie, that she, herself, kept hidden.
And she insisted others kept hidden.
How is that not evil?
"I cannot recall" – the classic non-answer.
Proof that ugly goes all the way through
Anyone who lies and bullshits and gets a high powered well paid job by telling lies, in my mind has broken the law – – – misrepresentation is a good word, corrupt is a better one, and criminal is best. What should happen is the following
1, she gets her CBE back, then it gets stripped from her, she handed it back – – it should be stripped
2, all wages and bonuses earned taken back, if she hasn't the funds, bankrupt her
3, serious prison time, corruption, fraud and theft charges – – – – not to mention false imprisonment for those innocent parties who went to prison
4, Fujitsu dissolved and all the execs sacked, then sell off all their assets
She and her team, who seem to be suffering from selective amnesia, should all be locked up, end of story.
Lying with her affected R.P. accent.
Imagine that you’re in the position to award a £700,000pa salary to the very best person you can find to run a national institution. In what universe would to choose to give that salary to this silly looking woman?
Lock it up for a long time
How Mr.Beer dose'nt explode with fury at her constant denials and misconbobulations I shall never know. No wonder thw Queen used to yell" Off wirh her head!!"
For such a well oaid job, with a supposedly well qualified woma, she doesn't know much. Did she ever go to work?
Thought it kevin from corination street
sounds like she's got dementia, she can't remember anything except to cash in her shares and pension……
How can they live with themselves knowing what they caused
All Post Office management that knew there was a problem but carried on prosecting need jail time.
Vote Reform and drain this swamp
Wicked wicked woman , should be locked up for a very long time !!! 😡
I don't remember I cant recall I have no memory of anything at all
I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHO I DISLIKE MORE…VENNELS OR DIANE ABBOTT…
Every comment on here TRUE!
All that money and she still looks like kevin from corination street
She's in deep doo doo's
Vennell's is lying through her teeth! A CEO who "I don't remember/don't recall/no recollection/that's not how it was supposed to read"(!!). She had 3 years to prepare her answers and speak the truth. How can she possibly not remember almost anything??? Because she is a liar, and a not very good one at that.
What blows my mind is that at no point they tried to actually get the computer system fixed …
Why is she NOT in jail?
Paula! D'you remember this one?.. "I was only carrying out orders".. ??Nuremburg 1945… It's Alcatraz for the lovely churchy lady.. or as Elvis sang "You're the Devil in Disguise, Oh yes you are the Devil in Disguise".
Paula! You need to go the doctors i think you And also your Cronies have got the start of dementia ..
" I can't remember, I'm sorry i can't remember "… Do me a favour you're embarrasing luv'….
YOU may not be thinking that this type of scandal cant happen anywhere alse ?? well it does and with vengince . get on the wrong side of the new zealand IRD and you will no all about it..