Ex-Post Office inspector ‘asked sub-postmistress’s son if he loved his mother’

A former Post Office inspector “asked a sub-postmistress’s son if he loved” his mother, the inquiry has heard.
Jennifer O’Dell, who ran a Post Office in Great Staughton, Cambridgeshire, was suspended from her role in 2010 after being blamed for a £9,617 shortfall in her accounts which was actually caused by defects in Horizon.
Jon Longman, the lead investigator in her case, was questioned on the investigation and others he was involved in today.
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[@nobbyclarke9298]

He was a thug in a suit before but on the stand he was like a Timid mouse uttering the famous words like his predecessors ‘I don’t recall”

[@probro9898]

Maybe he should change his name to Peter Gabriel

[@tonywalton1464]

It's surprising he didn't say he was only following orders.

[@minuteman4394]

@@tonywalton1464 Probably kept that excuse for a later date

[@Zoro007]

Did this odious bully wear a brown shirt and jackboots when he visited people......... obviously glorified in his power over people..not an inspector more like and interrogator.... hopefully the favour will be returned..!!!!!!

[@paulbird3235]

I wonder if his wife "really loves him", hard to believe eh'!. 😒..........

[@blue_jay31]

One can only hope ! Has he a son or daughter let’s investigate them ? The sick crap 💩 of a person !

[@mark.lawrence]

so... he can't remember what was said... but he CAN remember that what he CAN'T REMEMBER was taken out of context... lie exposed right there.

[@tomconnolly7420]

Exactly Mark👍

[@tomconnolly7420]

Spot on Mark 👍

[@mikkac]

Absolute disgrace how is it handled and how its been handled. These corporates should bear all responsibility.

[@user-wd1rf4nt3m]

All Post Office official that received any form of bonus-should be forced to repay that bonus-before being sacked!

[@blue_jay31]

Or jail time !

[@kimbo194]

"i can't remember what was said, but i can remember that what was said was taken out of context"

[@robdbanque]

I think the post office should adopt the slogan “I don’t remember” as their new tag line. The post office I don’t remember!!!! Has a very familiar ring to it.

[@rogernevin7461]

Collective Amnesia, who would have thought?

[@pamjordan5281]

Totally incoherent!

[@kevinharker1840]

or... I have no recollection of that.

[@finnsaund1895]

👍👍👍

[@allenp920]

I’ve never known so many amnesiacs work for one company at one time

[@waynemoore9951]

Can't remember, can't remember, jail all these post office investigators/managers

[@michaeldynesdynesis3534]

I watched it all live. Here is a brief summary of this miscreant's testimony. "It wasn't me Guv. That was some else. I can't remember. It's my name at the bottom but it was not my comment. I didn't do that. That was some else's responsibility. It wasn't me Guv. I did nothing wrong. With hindsight I should have done this. With hindsight, I should have done that. It wasn't me Guv. I cannot recall. I didn't do that . I can't remember. It wasn't me Guv."

[@user-oi6ln4eq7b]

It's as if they are reading the same damn script. And is that dreadful Bradshaw guy still in his investigator job? Because he shouldn't be.

[@johnclarke-vs9qe]

When asked if Mr Logman remembered speaking to the postmistress's son, he appeared to say "interviewed him, not under caution, but on a friend interview" I wonder what the hell that meant? Anybody??

[@RippySharp]

Exactly what I picked up on! If that’s a friends interview I hate to be in an official one!

[@eamonfire]

If it's a "friend interview" he should remember why and what was said.

[@kimbone3323]

Absolute liar until one of these head guys is prosecuted this kind of thing gonna keep happening its time for ceo s and these big bosses who recieve huge salaries must be held to account

[@Bazrad68]

Again, rotten to the core🤬

[@WillyPigg83]

Another thug in a suit. And Another that should be behind bars.

[@philhewitt5069]

They are all squirming like a can of worms !!!

[@peterwinter4060]

I find it incredible that nearly all those investigators have sudden bouts of amnesia when recalling details of what they accused postmasters and postmistresses of. Yet these postmasters and postmistresses can remember exact details details of what they were charged with.l

[@NeilBrown-rz5ll]

Not aware of what I was doing,didn’t know anything the time I was in the post office…absolute liar and I damned hope they are taken to court and jailed for there dereliction of duty..

[@robertperring4194]

Too good for them. They will have 6 months in a nice open prison. Convince the world they discovered God and go on with their nice sweet lives

[@alanbiggs9306]

​@@robertperring4194With Paula Vennells as their spiritual leader?

[@theaveragecyclist5259]

He can’t remember, but says it wasn’t in that context, so he does remember? The quality of their input into this enquiry is astounding!

[@alidabaxter5849]

The way people immeasurably more intelligent and honest than their inquisitors were treated beggars belief. The man being questioned here repeatedly displayed such a lack of intelligence that I'm amazed he'd have got a job delivering letters, let alone persecuting honest intelligent people who kept protesting about the faults in the system.

[@mikew42906]

I keep asking the question, where did they get these oiks from?

[@petermichiels8333]

Hi Alida. They are all pretending to be thick with memory loss as advised by their legal teams so as not to incriminate themselves or colleagues

[@alidabaxter5849]

​@@petermichiels8333But they didn't forget to collect their salaries.

[@stormythelowcountrykitty7147]

It’s a convenient lack of memory.

[@user-pu5vd4mv5k]

Another bully he should be in Jail.

[@DataWaveTaGo]

*"I don't recall" is todays version of "I was following orders" at the Nuremberg trials.*

[@HelenBlack-sn7ke]

I will be very surprised if anyone who deserves to be prosecuted is. If there is justice and they are prosecutes and convicted and don't end up in prison, the bare minimum should be very hefty fines and all proceeds go in a pot for the victims. "I can't remember" my part in ruining these peoples lives is sickening. These people will go home after their turn, sit down with a glass of wine and say "I'm glad that is over" without an ounce of genuine remorse.

[@portcullis5622]

I will be amazed if anybody at all is prosecuted. They will all just lie low for a while and then walk into well paid jobs somewhere else. That is the way of things in the UK.

[@iandeumayne-jones1557]

Yet another slimey bully employed by the PO. Did they have a policy for hiring, promoting and training such onerous humans?

[@CaptainFearless1]

your right they are either half wits or goons in a suit...even more underwhelming than a tory mp

[@littlenemo14]

Get them all in jail.

[@-stantheman-]

Excellent questioning by Sam Stein.

[@johnclarke-vs9qe]

Honour for Mr Stein I say.

[@pillowcase2006]

Amazing how amnesiac all of these millionaire executives are

[@kevinmcguire1049]

This reinforces Alan Bates comments that the Post Office while they said Postmasters were 'partners' were not in reality treated that way.

[@Spo975-uo2qq]

Rotten to the core. Reminds me of the witch and hillsboro...absolutely disgusting. Enough is enough.

[@jordanguiseley8266]

I don’t remember!! Hard to believe ppl can do this and get away with it for 20 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@redwez1982]

Can’t remember what was said but it wasn’t said like that. Got it. Thanks.

[@sleepy-beagle]

The Post Office should be disbanded

[@_Ben4810]

Jon Longman came across as a very inarticulate & weak man, who clearly found strength in his role of near absolute power in judging & wrongly helping to convict so many poor folks...

[@duncanfyfe485]

The fish rots from the head.

[@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769]

WTF is a friend interview?

[@christinaoconnell7033]

Ah was it in record? Sounds like intimidation

[@stormythelowcountrykitty7147]

Typical arrogant bully. I cannot express my contempt for the Post office and its National Socialist behavior.

[@sphinx1017]

The thugs in suits clearly relished the power they held over people and enjoyed wrecking their lives.

[@chris-vn6sw]

Get them behind bars 😡

[@kevinharker1840]

Not so clever now is he.

[@leedstag]

These bullies all need to be prosecuted.

[@stevieg8934]

Lying bar steward

[@mickdowns4153]

This guy was an inspector - wtf! He should pay back his salary as he was clearly not doing his job. He's another of these post office self-servers who must be personally prosecuted.

[@edcoad4930]

These inspectors are thick as mince, trying to demonstrate a patina of intelligence but just thickening the mince.

[@johnpage-tb6re]

"Friend interview"? Jesus, what a con man.

[@westy8225]

Simple, all these people are complicit so belong in jail or to lose as much as the postmasters have. Also, immediately remove powers to investigate and prosecute from the post office.

[@joe2grand]

The most depressing part ? The fact no one will face any jail time and it will get swept away by the government like they did Greenfell and blood transfusion scandals

[@custossecretus5737]

Reading off the script. I wasn’t aware, I don’t recall, I can’t remember.

[@leonalynam7196]

Ironically when the bully becomes bullied...he answers with emm...emmmm...can remember

[@joolz2305]

Under a ‘friend’ interview??

[@rogerorme2396]

Hold him to account lock him. Up

[@simmybear31]

Funny how they remember nothing - prison for the lot of them!

[@christofferknight8567]

The P. O. GOT exactly what they wanted... Now it's time........

[@sellesportico]

The objectivity, the impartial analysis, integrity and pursuit of truth not demonstrated by the POL Investigators is here to see for all.

[@kevingray3550]

He can't remember what he said but he remembers the context of whatever he did say was in. Err ... right.

[@daviestewart1725]

"Friend interview" 🙄

[@rogernevin7461]

Friendly interrogation.

[@johnbakewell-es8id]

Um is not an answer, but an indication of guilt. What a lovely chap

[@tiddlesconfusedbadger9864]

Another "although I don't remember anything, I do remember that the thing (that I don't remember happening) happened differently " statement. They either know or they don't know, they certainly don't get to cagtegorically answer in the way this chap just did.

[@gotany1]

A friend interview?.

[@anthonygodfrey6916]

He should do 20 years for fraud

[@annemarjoribanks1533]

They need to be prosecuted every one of them .

[@tonyford5326]

I bet he wouldn’t forget a term in jail the gunt

[@michaelkavanagh5947]

Jail, jail, jail, we have a winner!

[@pollocad]

No-one at the Post Office has any memory at all - extraordinary.

[@magnificentmuttley2084]

He says he can’t remember what was said but it wasn’t in that context!! That is a brazen lie right there. If he can’t remember what was said, he can’t remember anything, including the context. He is dead to rights. Liars and underhand behaviour by so many Post Office senior managers and investigators, who must all go to prison and be asset stripped and have their lives ruined, as they ruined so many sub-postmasters and mistresses. Shameful. Absolutely shameful.

[@garyhope3731]

Another liar, so many of them.

[@gherkamum]

Its strange how these people cant remember most things......

[@MZig-rw7su]

Prison for bullies...

[@nigelb5341]

What a pity he's not in court, but I guess none of them ever will be. Disgraceful 😡

[@chris-vn6sw]

What part did politicians play in this 🤔

[@mark.lawrence]

exactly... because they are lying like they know they are holding a get out of jail free card...

[@allanthorpe7139]

Prison time

[@georgeknox1822]

Prison please ….

[@frankgallacher6598]

Notice his ears a turned red ,a tell tail sign when someone is lying.

[@mikematthews2750]

I vas only following orders…

[@user-bu9nb8wr6e]

He knows he did wrong, and he should admit to his wrongdoing. It is better to come clean for his own consciences sake.

[@user-sr1yx3cb3v]

He didn’t give a toss!!!

[@SteveRose-iq1cs]

The Torygraph standing up for the little people, imagine that?

[@sleepy-beagle]

Does not deserve the title ‘investigator’

[@mollienight]

He can't remember or recall anything, but he does remember his salary, bonuses and pension no doubt.

[@strikeforcealpha9343]

Damn if I was her son, I'd be having words.

[@Buy_YT_Views.270]

This is better than coffee for waking me up.

[@monsieurdale9310]

What a coward

[@michaeltownsend1719]

So evil how do they sleep

[@backrowbrighton]

Surprised he didn't use the 'I was just following orders' excuse.

[@katewild2194]

Think there must have been something in the tea that made them forget.

[@user-oi6ln4eq7b]

"I don't recall/I can't, don't, won't remember/it was somebody else's responsibility/nobody told me/I just followed orders......." And these ciphers were well paid for their sins. And yes - these were sins of unbelievable persecution. Bring on Vennell's........

[@johnboy5736]

The sad part of this investigation from the start. We have all went to the post office at sometime. The people behind the desk and local. Postman. Are the main part to what we all see as the PO. These investigators or whatever they call themselves. Have destroyed the trust the public have in the PO.

[@bield7]

He’ll have an honours degree in buck-passing and a post-graduate degree in convenient amnesia.

[@silentwitness247]

Shameful behaviour. What was the context that he can remember but not explain but can’t remember what he said. Maybe the context had nothing to do with the post office investigation? Odd, eh?

[@guff9567]

I love hos mother, even if nobody else does

[@samuelpayne7619]

“If it was said! It wasn’t said in that context!” Given the situation! What turn of phrase(context) could possibly determine, that an impartial investigation would form a question that is not based on a pre determined forgone conclusion!! This is the unbelievable contempt that faces this enquiry!! Jail the lot of them take away there pensions and savings guilty by association, afford them the same contempt as they afforded innocent post masters. “Well I was following orders!!” Yea that’s what they said in Nberg

[@michaelhamilton1357]

Good move - don’t remember anything. The pride of your profession.

[@user-wm1lp1yt9z]

Charges should be brought against these people if theres any justice, still lying now, justice would be their lives totally ruined, not sat on fat pensions like Vennells & Co

[@paulspickernell6875]

Amazing how every person from the post office has serious memory issues

[@williamclifford4441]

I don't remember Government Ministers or Johnson being treated to such direct questioning which rather suggests that it's the small fry who will end up the scapegoats - as always.

[@3chords490]

Where are the people who actually messed about with the accounts ? Why are Fujitsu being protected ? Yes , this guy is odious , but it wasn’t him in that remote room in Bracknell.

[@Anthony-eb5gl]

A friend interview....they just make up words phrases and i can't remember....THEY ARE BANG TO RIGHTS....And its a conspiracy.... Lengthy prison sentences and especially for those whom are salaried to manage the appropriate service that the post office is obliged to provide..🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Dude-etiquette]

He should go to jail

[@DavidMyers-bl9gx]

Man. Swimming in corporate money. Blinds him to morals. Whats worse is that he is perfect for corporate,/ political work and he will prosper.

[@bananabrooks3836]

Wow. In which context is that 'ok'?!

[@andym.6141]

😡

[@frankgallacher6598]

He is a coward had to go on video link .