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Post Office inquiry live: Ex-boss Paula Vennells cries and admits evidence to MPs wasn't true - BBC News | Post Office inquiry live: Ex-boss Paula Vennells cries and admits evidence to MPs wasn't true - BBC News |
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Thank you for joining us. We've finished hearing the first day of evidence from Paula Vennells, the former Post Office CEO. She'll continue giving evidence over the next two days. Here are some key points from today: | |
Vennells began with an apology, saying she was "sorry" for "all the sub-postmasters and their families who have suffered" | |
She admitted that evidence she gave to MPs looking into problems with the Horizon IT system in 2012 was not true | |
She broke down in tears as a list of sub-postmasters and postmistresses who had been acquitted after being accused of stealing money from the Post Office was read out | |
Vennells said she was unaware the Post Office conducted its own prosecutions until 2012 | |
The former chief executive also broke down again when answering questions following the death of Martin Griffiths, a former sub-postmaster who attempted to take his own life on 23 September 2013, having been accused of a shortfall amounting to £100,000 at his Cheshire branch. He died in hospital weeks later | |
You can read more about today's evidence here. We'll be back tomorrow with live updates from the inquiry. | |
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