🔴 LIVE: Post Office inquiry: Paula Vennells gives evidence

Paula Vennells, the former Post Office chief executive, will break her decade’s long silence as she faces the first day of public questioning over Horizon IT scandal at Aldwych House.
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[@IggyGoesPop666]

Sorry .... you mean that you are sorry that you have been caught. Send her down for a couple of years and take back her golden pension

[@ME-hc1fk]

Completely agree 100%

[@user-sj4nh5ku2p]

I feel she needs considerably longer than 2 years : at least 5 times that !

[@markfoth1226]

Sorry now 😂 youve been caught

[@markfoth1226]

Deny deny deny. Trying to worm out of any responsibility.

[@thomasfellows4712]

All the top dogs involved with this should face criminal proceedings. A shameful page in the post office book.

[@ME-hc1fk]

What a surprise that she now blames Fujitsu !!!

[@ColdWarSecret]

Of course they knew it would be impossible for them not to have known.

[@johnparry3475]

Exposed during KC, Jason Beer's forensic questioning as being evasive, incompetent and deceitful. She exuded contrition when tactically appropriate, became forgetful when required, off loaded responsibility when cornered and flatly denied when found culpable. She even resorted to the old female ploy of tears as her misdemeanours were placed before her. By rights her and the other executives of Post Office should be swiftly indicted and brought to court to face charges, not least perverting the course of justice. This of course won't happen because it would set a dangerous precedent in the boardrooms of Britain.

[@ME-hc1fk]

“ I fully accept now that the post office knew that the Horizon System had failed !!! I however chose not to accept that fact “ More admissions !!

[@chrisfell5073]

From 1999 it never worked!

[@chrisfell5073]

I didn't mean that...didn't know that. Didn't know the job. In deniel, ignorance, incompetance or lies? John Mills incompetance but lied in 1999 (Horizen is robust). Vennells... probably both? How do they find these unqualified people?

[@ColdWarSecret]

The biggest miscarriage of justice ever. Grotesque.

[@garychristie398]

Regardless of the outcome, she speaks very well. I like listening to her explanations.

[@markfoth1226]

Being softly spoken and intelligent, does not immunise her from responsibility. She has had alot of time to prepare for this hearing. She denys any knowledge of the bugs.(even though she had emails ) If she knew there was problems in the system but still prosecuted innocent people. SHE should be jailed.

[@1000000trs]

Whenever she precedes a statement with _"I want to be clear because this is important"_ on this day and the others, its *never* because it is something important to the sub-post master victims; its *always* because it's something important to help exonerate her from blame.

[@pollyester6639]

“ i always deal with people courteously” says the hench man to the person with their head on a block. It’s all about her image. Image over competence. She had no idea that she had a team pursuing prosecutions. God she’s totally incompetent. Suits, scarves, ministry, she was in love with her own image. No awareness, often vacant, no governance, didn’t read documents properly or at all, incompetent but paid thousands. She’s lost nothing. From the 6th hour it gets worse.

[@mrdemocracy7106]

Miss "I don't Remember,I don't Recall,I'm not Sure or I think so" This woman will not admit or take responsibility for nothing basically lying and should be in prison