Post Office Inquiry: Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells to give evidence

Paula Vennells, the former Group Chief Executive Officer of Post Office Ltd, is set to give evidence on Wednesday.
Ms Vennells was at the helm of the government-owned body during the key Horizon operating years of 2012 to 2019.
Sky's business correspondent Adele Robinson has been following the story and has this report.
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[@stevestewart63]

Jail her!!!

[@user-wj4yk8ly1d]

In jully or so of 2020 , Sara Kočović , wrote something troubling to me : ".... Your mother , it must be , She Has gone on the sea , a Long time ago ...." , as if criminel intent by Sara Kočović towards my mother Milanka Milošević

[@furryrug5998]

100% totally agree The disgusting behaviour by her and others involved is unforgivable. They MUST face the consequences!

[@joe2grand]

@@furryrug5998 she wont

[@danielbutler4351r]

100%

[@user-wj4yk8ly1d]

@@danielbutler4351r Jaiiir BoLssonaro ( The Scotlland s Guards ) .

[@joisagirlsname]

She should be getting grilled by the police, not an inquiry.

[@mazdamaniac4643]

"I wasn't aware, It wasn't me, I didn't know, I had nothing to do with it, I don't remember...but lessons will be learned and key learnings taken for future understanding..." Let's get ready for corporate denials followed by the obligatory platitudes to evade any responsibility whatsoever...when they should be looking at prison sentences.

[@mark.lawrence]

.... i don't recall ... she won't say sorry. empathy deleted human being.

[@colinhughes783]

Sounds like the Murdoch denials with the phone tapping really

[@daviddowns8068]

She will be very slippery

[@stuartswain8785]

I cant remember, I was not informed, I was not there, I dont know who the post office is.

[@nannieg7622]

“I cannot recall” brigade

[@derekdee9592]

Here we go again “ the it wasn’t me I didn’t know show” !!! Lies & more denials corporate BS will flow !

[@user-bu9nb8wr6e]

Get me some popcorn 🍿 and most probably a sick bag for the answers.

[@24321619]

Thou shall not bear false witness.

[@probro9898]

Tomorrow's going to be very interesting!

[@edcoad4930]

The failure of aspects of the British ruling class is exhausting. She and all her Post Office executives. The drug companies, NHS leaders and civil servants for the blood scandel. The police and newspapers for Hillsborough. The windrush scandel, the soon to be water scandel....everything is about people in power protecting themselves and to hell with the little people.

[@camf7522]

1:10 the problem is the Paula and her ET didn’t actually look for unsafe convictions, and held back information and failed to preserve information used to convict.

[@chriswhata]

Charge the cow

[@joe2grand]

wont happen

[@RobertBoyle11]

Init, she's been a public scandal now... so she'll more than likely be in the house of Lords before long.

[@NineInchTyrone]

Who will SHE blame ?

[@rhone81]

Surprised she's not reached for the brandy and revolver.

[@mikedowns9461]

If only.

[@tonysadler2825]

Paula Vennells, Jarnail Singh, Anne Van Den Boegart, they were at the epicentre of this whole disgraceful situation, I’m more interested in some criminal charges being awarded to this mob… 😡

[@iagree5313]

It is very emotional and for Good Reason. How about the Private School system almost guaranteed to get in to Parliament and not elected by the people....

[@camf7522]

One wonders how much time the ET including the CEO actually spent in the office running the company.

[@JuliePayne]

Rodent!

[@gherkamum]

Prison is waiting for her..............

[@joe2grand]

except she will never be sent there

[@probro9898]

I wouldn't be so sure. They SAID she would never lose her CBE. If she escapes jail, the public will be rightly outraged that it's one rule for one and another for everyone else. When the establishment acts with impunity, Bastilles get stormed and kings lose their heads.

[@joe2grand]

@@probro9898 not in this day and age of mass surveillance- no one has a right to protest anymore so it will be covered up with no consequence to anyone

[@davidvoisey4531]

Awful nasty person who should be in prison

[@wildandbarefoot]

Arbuthnot says she takes the biscuit

[@grahamnichols1416]

Lord Arbuthnot has gone above and beyond with his help in all this. Pushing HARD for the people who were wronged.

[@quwipyui6519]

she's so happy

[@camf7522]

0:02 The problem was, that Paula and her team didn’t consider SPM employees.

[@dondraper2488]

Maybe she could give those goofers a brush too….

[@colinhughes783]

Straight from the Murdoch news playbook from the phone tapping affair a while back I’m told

[@dustersinternational221]

Am on the live feed for the Post Office I cant remember I cant recall I think that's bla bla I may have drawn I haven't seen I have no recollection I should have known I shouldn't have done I don't believe I don't know I didn't know I now know Inquiry

[@AaaaandAction]

This will be a lesson in swerving! Blame everyone else, offer future solutions, say I wasn’t aware of every detail. Obfuscation, lack of recall, repeated answers, etc. Expect nothing in this first day until she’s run out of pre-prepared statements.

[@grahamnichols1416]

She acts like an actual Dalek. Single-mindedness to the point of delusion. Fighting tooth and claw to protect the reputation of the Post Office, she trashed it in the process.

[@NineInchTyrone]

Vile. Evil.

[@neilelkin5307]

Put her in prison!!! If she doesn't go to prison! This country is fucked.

[@jonerlandson1956]

these types of error can't be made up for which is the problem with error...

[@phil7794]

No doubt the entire interview with Vennels will consist of her - denying, cannot recall, did not know, was'nt me and was not aware of that.

[@sonofednawelthorpe8609]

I wonder if she’ll fit in that post box. Just wondering.

[@carlowingfield7743]

I wonder if her false teeth will attend as well ?

[@paulrichards6894]

she has a face like Nijinsky...the derby winner

[@mrjockt]

Is Paula Vennells another Post Office official who suffers from memory problems, it seems one of the most common responses to the Committees questions is “I can’t recall”.

[@Mr.Coffee20255]

I just came across this. What's this all about?

[@shaun906]

there is evidence she knew about the errors in horizon software, but continued convictions of the innocent spm's anyway, probably to save the PO and continue the grift! in fact they shut down the investigations and skuttled the compensation scheme.

[@dougwinter5060]

Paula vennels is live on KZbin for the next 3 days being questioned by a top lawyer at the inquiry

[@dave5197]

Watch Mr Bates vs the Post Office for the story. 😊

[@Mr.Coffee20255]

@@dave5197 I just woke up from my slumber 💤 😴 lol. I'll watch ⌚️ it in a little while

[@mark.lawrence]

... her dentist ...

[@jeffreymaclean83]

She should be giving evidence from behind bars with a least 20 years imprisonment.

[@mrp8811]

to be fair she has said she is "very, very sorry"🙂

[@tarkusuk]

What the chances she will be like every other person questioned at this inquiry……..I don’t remember that,I didn’t see that

[@johngorton4776]

Put her in jail

[@NineInchTyrone]

Isn’t she a bishop ?

[@paulrichards6894]

she loves jesus

[@jamesglennie7911]

She will not remember anything, it wasn’t me guv.

[@paulrichards6894]

wonder who she will try to throw under the bus...bound to blame it on others

[@allenp920]

I hope Jason Beer is questioning Vennells. He’ll wipe the floor with her

[@paulrichards6894]

bound to be him....though also looking forward to the co participants having their go

[@tonybrown4754]

As expected, at the instance of virtually every question, Ms Vennals seems to have had an incredible loss of memory. I doubt that there is one person who finds it possible to comprehend how a CEO, taking home £718,000 per annum, can be considered able to qualify for the post. Or is the salary judged on the venal capability of the applicant?

[@T5Zplayer]

She was paid millions yet claims she knew nothing and nobody told her what was going on. Surprised she is not now running a water company.

[@Soulboy63]

Another bunch of , I don't recall

[@2009kronos]

There will be massive lapses of memory and shrugging of responsibility to others from Vennels in the next 3 days

[@terrymoney9718]

Why are people like these not brought to justice if theres a cover up just like copius others?

[@jonr6680]

If this enquiry doesn't find the right people culpable of AT LEAST negligence, with substantial financial penalties in civil law... But really the obfuscation aka smokescreen by the management for a DECADE clearly ruined dozens of lives and cost the country millions of pounds. So this must surely be a criminal act on multiple counts. In just the same way as causing death by reckless driving. So serious that a custodial sentence is mandatory. Either way, Vennells and others need to be seen to pay the price. Otherwise justice will not be done, and the entire justice system will be seen as a failure. Watching the live feed from the enquiry, Vennells is far too blithe. The questioning is far too sanguine. It looks like a boring committee discussing trivia like a leaky roof. The emails from McCormack (?) in 2016(?) were stark - the fact she did not respond to that very specific challenge at that time is central to her utter failing to drive the process in the righteous direction. Why didn't she do the right thing?

[@nannieg7622]

“We genuinely care about the people who work for us”….!! That’s laughable…..she only cares about her huge salary and status…those poor SPM’s lives have been destroyed at her hands

[@jeandavies8658]

she is not going to admit,that she knew all about it,dare not put what i think of her

[@jeanrees1502]

She’s a lier and belongs in jail

[@crispyduck1706]

She needs to go to prison without do7bt - about a ten stretch

[@mcfcguvnors]

It must go to jail , n it cared nothing for its EMPLOYEES let alone the public where it costs about 8 p ( per head ) to post a letter anywhere in the UK - rest is profit

[@_Ben4810]

I predict more corporate amnesia from the bad reverend herself over the next few days....

[@lyndabarron8548]

Heads never roll in this country, perhaps we should take a lesson from China.

[@liannegeorge2881]

In a word. LIAR 🤥

[@indianscout4487]

Threaten this liar with prosecution and she will soon collapse and tell. Their is no difference between her and a common thief

[@mareksquare]

Nie moge patrzeć na tych ludzi To wredni ludzie To złodzieje To klamcy Żyją w dostatku Czy to sprawiedliwość?