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Post Office inquiry live: Ex-boss Paula Vennells gives second day of evidence - BBC News | |
(about 16 hours later) | |
Her appearance may have arguably been overshadowed by yesterday's political news, but Paula Vennells' evidence on Wednesday was a major moment for the Post Office inquiry. | |
She faced tough questions from the inquiry lawyers over what she knew about the Horizon scandal and faces more of the same today and tomorrow. | |
Here's a recap of some of the key bits of her evidence: | |
On sub-postmasters and mistresses | |
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 | 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 |
She said she wasn't kept informed about the number of complaints being received from sub-postmasters about Horizon | |
She claimed she didn’t know the Post Office was prosecuting staff till 2012 | |
On giving evidence to MPs | |
She admitted that an assertion she'd previously made to MPs that there had been no failed Horizon prosecutions was not correct | |
She said that she was too trusting of her colleagues, and that maybe those who prepared her notes for the 2015 select committee hearing “were trying to direct [her] to answer in a certain way” | |
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