Post Office's former most senior lawyer 'doesn't recall' meeting on convicted pregnant postmistress

Convicting pregnant postmistress hoped to curb ‘Horizon bashing’, the Post Office inquiry has heard.
Seema Misra, a former sub-postmaster, was eight weeks pregnant when found guilty of false accounting and theft in 2010.
An email from Jarnail Singh, a Post Office lawyer, referring to Ms Misra was shown to the inquiry on Tuesday. It said: “It is hoped the case will set a marker to dissuade other defendants from jumping on the Horizon bashing bandwagon.”
Susan Crichton, the Post Office’s former most senior in-house lawyer, confirmed she received the email in Oct 2010, but claimed she didn’t remember any further discussions around the case.
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[@johnsinclair4111]

Another liar. Lock her up.

[@johngraham6181]

There are not enough spaces in Prison for this lot!

[@russellingham2069]

As always another lier

[@davidgrimmett9741]

All these ex P O people seem to be suffering from amnesia!

[@kesgraveklaxon5586]

Its not her. Its IT. Lock IT up. Her is a person and this is a THING, see.

[@cliffordbuttle4529]

These lawyers and the like all suffer from very poor memory loss it makes one wonder how they ever got a job in the first place 😮😮😮😮

[@tenkloosterherman]

How can anyone with such a terrible memory become a senior lawyer at a large company?

[@tomsawyer4321]

That's how she became a senior lawyer, its a requirement

[@susanbrown1090]

Certainly at the Post Office!!!!!

[@timporter9192]

A skill set of most people in the legal profession

[@Royboy50]

That’s why there are hundreds of books in lawyers offices so they can read about previous cockups

[@vrindersinghrandhawa6343]

Its the perfect qualification

[@Zoro007]

I bet they all remembered to get their wages and pensions though...!!!!!.

[@jamesglennie7911]

What a load of cowards afraid to take responsibility but will take the pensions etc

[@Steve14ps]

Yes. Why don't they all put their hands in the air and say "we were all wrong" and why do they not co-operate with the inquiry?

[@michaelmcginley7930]

She got 4 million

[@blue_jay31]

For sure , jail the hateful and lier !

[@blue_jay31]

@@Steve14psBecause they are lying cowards !

[@RaiderDave-xe1pn]

@@Steve14ps For the very simple reason, if they admit fault it will make all of them criminally liable and they will lose their pensions and will most likely have to repay their golden handshakes when they left the Post Office, they would also be facing jailtime for, amongst other things, Perverting the Course of Justice and Giving False Evidence. IMO what they are hoping to do is to keep giving vague and short answers in the hope that the general public will lose interest and they will be able to get away with it when whoever the Home Secretary is when they get the final report from the inquiry, they will decide that there is no case to answer and they can all go on their merry way with their money intact.

[@seanshearer2910]

Lying through her teeth.

[@kaymeddings4162]

I doubt she's lying.

[@vrindersinghrandhawa6343]

They be kicked out in prison

[@colinpiper6269]

I think everyone knows what "I dont recall" means when theyre under oath.

[@rogernevin7461]

Collective amnesia,very convenient !

[@jamesgreen807]

​@@rogernevin7461selective........

[@wtf1965]

Utterly reprehensible!

[@stevec6232]

That amnesia returned i see...

[@johnbradshaw7525]

They all seem to have selective amnesia

[@nannieg7622]

Yes, unbelievable isn’t it

[@AlexaJane9091]

Didn't she watch Mr Bates vs.The Post Office? That'll remind her. Maybe it should be playing on a loop in the background.

[@jimandali0]

She choose to forgot that she had said “NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH”

[@trevorclarey3336]

Nothing like the truth , she should of said.

[@ianramage6692]

It’s amazing the amount of intelligent people suffering from convenient amnesia. People’s lives destroyed by their decisions but yet no recollection of the facts. Shameful and these people need to be prosecuted under the same laws they used to convict these innocent postmaster/postmistresses.

[@rodmcintosh3149]

All liars every one of them. Karma will have them behind bars

[@chrisbaxter4572]

It makes my blood boil the more I hear of this case. Another one covering their arse!

[@robbie9030]

Like all other PO management she can’t be trusted or believed. Look forward to her going to jail as well.

[@pauli2169]

A lost of PO employees suddenly have amnesia, must be all the sh*t in the rivers

[@debbiestevens4382]

Once again, lots of, “ I don’t recall, I can’t remember”

[@johnstirling6597]

I pretty sure she recalled her bank account at the end of each pay cycle.

[@rogertaylor6386]

Trained by Stergeon

[@jc238]

Have all these PO managers had their memories wiped? Maybe these memories will return when they get to criminal court. Disgusted by the lot of them.

[@susanbrown1090]

Cannot believe how many of these post office “top managers” have such bad memories 🤬🤬🤬

[@alanbowles1985]

Part of the PO’s recruiting process was that applicants CV included selective memory loss.🙈

[@garybarnett2756]

LIAR 😡😡

[@eastwest1362]

Patently another home counties social appointee swimmingly out of depth professionally and totally devoid of any resemblance of human compassion in attempting to right the obvious wrongs of an out of control dictatorship. «whatever, when’s the next bonus due ?»

[@paulharris1502]

That's about the size of it.

[@michaelmcginley7930]

The correct description is sociopaths.wonder how their early years were.probably went to boarding school

[@BV-co7hy]

Corruption is very Transparent when mixed with Reality 😮

[@timothybrockbank7474]

Liars and lawyers there’s not much difference

[@bazzer621]

It is a travesty of justice that these people are still walking around free!

[@matthewwassall798]

People who make a career of knowing everything.......know apparently nothing now! It's called "taking the piss" in my world.

[@alunjones2550]

You'd remember an e-mail like that. Yet another blatant liar.......

[@MrGavinBoyd]

Will any of those responsible go to prison?

[@CYCHIATRIC]

no.

[@pablohassan6897]

Yes. Once this enquiry has concluded, the results will be used in prosecutions. We can also look forward to seeing the huge lawsuits to be filed on behalf of every sub postmaster that suffered thru this outright scam. These crooks will lose their houses, fat bank accounts, well, everything. As they should.

[@marknaylor9394]

@@pablohassan6897 maybe...let's hope

[@pablohassan6897]

@marknaylor9394 I've seen breif reports and discussion regarding that. I reckon I've heard a former prosecutor mention that lawsuits are currently in the making, again, as I mentioned up there, they need all this evidence from current enquiry to go to town on them. And we've certainly seen these dirty lawyers are lying through their teeth during this enquiry. All valuable evidence for, what imagine will be a huge class action suit.👍👍

[@michaelmcginley7930]

No chance

[@user-ux4km9uy8v]

it's sickening to think that all these barristers and lawyers will end up getting more money than the victims who deserve it, where were all of them when Alan Bates needed them.They are all great people now when they see all the money they can make out of it shame on them

[@petethorpe9716]

Perhaps a prison break to give her time to reflect and remember.

[@rogernevin7461]

Like ten years without parole !

[@petercorser902]

These post off ice Lawyers have a lot to answer for, and most of them should go to jail.

[@Pit-Stoptraining]

What is the point of an oath, selective amnesia. I would be more impressed if they told the truth. Saying look this is going to hurt people but yes these remarks were being bounded about, no one challenged or criticised at the time. It was wrong but everyone wanted to keep their jobs as it came from the top and this is what was said and done, I’m sorry.

[@oilylampman7252]

At the post office, lies are as common as air.

[@Blackhawk7117]

How do these people get into these positions?

[@rogernevin7461]

Lie like Japanese clocks, that's how ! They could lie straight on a corkscrew !

[@brightspark4817]

god all these lawyers are suffering from amnesia

[@BrysonCole-rl2rj]

It was something in the water . . .

[@purangesmith9053]

Amnesia seems to be contagious in the PO upper echelons.

[@SlapCabbage08]

The post office management are clearly staffed by goldfish. They all need contempt charges & THEIR pensions taken.

[@rogernevin7461]

Looks like conspiracy to commit mass fraud. The government's involvement in this shouldn't be overlooked either, they dished out the contracts to Fujitsu worth billions.

[@billslater4531]

None of them remember but but the post masters. Or just don’t want to

[@playsjazz2]

Sent a pregnant Mother to jail, now can't recall..? Shame, shame.., shame..😢

[@gherkamum]

Lies and more lies......Prison

[@hasbulla2012]

Bull

[@troffmeister68]

liars the lot of them imho !

[@angiebaby3942]

Evil woman

[@waynemoore9951]

Do all these people from the post realize they are under oath!

[@Knightley79]

The pattern of all of these senior figures within the post office is a plea of utter ignorance and incompetence. I think there’s enough there for criminal negligence

[@denisedavies5952]

How long do we have to listen to these liars ? Just pay the innocent post masters & postmistress's their rightful compensation .

[@johngreen6191]

They don't remember the key moments of anything. Jason would have been much tougher and I bet she thanked her lucky stars too.

[@michaelmcginley7930]

Agreed

[@nannieg7622]

“I don’t recall “ ??? Unbelievable and under oath !

[@mikeowen1192]

Poor lady she obviously as dementia she can't remember any thing that implicates her let's see how she deals with sleeplessness all she cared about was losing respect from her colleagues because she couldn't do her job , it's time for revenge,

[@jeanrees5885]

Another lier

[@malcsco]

Are all post office management and lawyers related to Nicola (I can’t remember) sturgeon?.

[@nickjanssens]

People in responsible positions in any job of work, do not, repeat do not forget. She told the enquiry she didn’t recall,this is a blatant lie, worth repeating, a blantant deliberate lie.

[@michaeldelsoldato2905]

Liar

[@memyself717]

Another sad case of early onset dementia. A career as a senior manager at the post office has its health hazards.

[@ianstone3580]

Wake me up when someone responsible goes to prison. How come all senior figures have such bad memories?

[@willienelsongonzalez4609]

Hmmm, so much selective amnesia going on during this inquiry. Chrichton should be stripped of her pension and any money she made whilst she was a lawyer for the Post Office.

[@Commentsmac]

Never in my life have I ever said - or heard anyone say “I don’t recall”.

[@robertfitzjohn4755]

To be fair, I can't remember the contents of work emails from 2010. That's why copies need to be kept of all documents and communications.

[@Perfidion]

All those late nights spent shredding and deleting things that could prove compromising are really paying off.

[@dlmsarge8329]

It's very rude of this lawyer to try to remind her of something that makes her look so bad! Very rude indeed.

[@phillipramsdle2088]

Not knowing,not remembering,won’t be a good argument in court

[@trottersx]

Should all have been hooked up to a polygraph!

[@cobbler40]

Everything is documented. The PO is a business. The PO must release all documentation. Ex directors and managers can all be found.

[@VeronicaKingsley-by9nc]

How much money was she paid to be a lawyer (didn't perform) how much bonus did she get for following the instructions of the chair of the post office in breach of her duty to a court. the question should be Who appointed her to the role and sanctioned her salary - and how much money did they get

[@minixtvbox]

what a c y n t

[@malcsco]

U

[@neilmckenzie1989]

I cannot recall any work-related situation where key, leading, senior folk have such poor memory recall! I can recall conversations from decades ago where I was involved - especially where I had either key input or decision making! “I do not recall” is a simple and blatant ‘I’m not going to answer because I know I screwed up’ response!

[@jonathanfoster2568]

The ol Nuremberg defence

[@67mooncat]

She’s using “the Sturgeon” defence.

[@AA-pi2dz]

The Post Office lawyers, most of whom don’t recall anything which is worrying as they are educated, allegedly intelligent and able to retain knowledge and information. Lawyers are supposed to be people of integrity, so when they smell an issue of lots of post masters/mistresses being accused of fraud and theft that they might question whether there is some amiss that is not the accused. Lawyers here have shown their integrity is lacking, perhaps that’s all UK lawyers.

[@donaldchapman5466]

There " SEEMS " to be a lot of " DO NOT RECALL " answers to IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ! Maybe it is so they are not forced to COMMIT PERJURY !!

[@-stantheman-]

I sincerely hope that these people are investigated by the police.

[@samspade975]

Nobody seems to recall anything, in this investigation, just hope she can find her way home

[@BaccillusAnthracis]

The nerve of these people still trying to cover it up

[@iankeeley1854]

None of them seem to recall anything 🤔

[@brianquinn6014]

Famous words from Schultz in Hogans Heroes, I Know Nothing !

[@martindoman7315]

Another in the growing line of amnesiacs. I'm assuming that the ability to forget is a key qualification to get a senior position at the Post Office?

[@johnmunro4952]

I don't recall.

[@camd5348]

Lock her up.

[@cobbler40]

This was Johnson’s problem as well he couldn’t remember anything.

[@GK1976A]

I love it how all these ‘people’ are quite happy to accept the wage that their positions commanded, but when it comes to taking any kind of responsibility they deny everything. There’s a word for people like that.

[@user-oi6ln4eq7b]

This "amnesia" defence is such a lie it could never be a joke.

[@ianstone3580]

Most of these should be under arrest and in remand and release only after the verdict after a court case, I bet this would make it easier for them to “recall” matters.

[@biling7636]

Could we get away with that in a court of law? I do not remember killing him or her so next question.Ok can I go now as I said I do not remember.What a shambles this enquiry is again I say no one will see the inside of a jail even though they put families there and knew they were not guilty of a crime.

[@Galacticmaster]

just beyond belief - none of these people can think and they arent even qualified on the matters they are dealing with. in which case denying responsibility is an offence and they should be in jail to reflect on what they have done to many innocent people.

[@bobburroughs6241]

The liars have no shame.

[@bobfreestone1752]

Another lying article......

[@HenryJasonVarga]

Maybe it's something about their diet, or pollution perhaps, affecting people's memory. I sometimes forget things too

[@Alex-yu3wg]

Just Another Liar.

[@johnallen7807]

The only problem I have with this is it's 14 years ago, could any of us truthfully say we remembered every email from that long ago? the real scandal is that it has been allowed to drag on for so long but people must now be held to account.

[@silentwitness247]

Selective memory loss again!

[@judithmatthews8460]

Can’t remember emails or what was said at meetings but can remember having not been present at other meetings. Can’t remember agreeing with Paula Vennels as the scandal got deeper but remember early on raising questions. A liar and someone prepared to suppress her conscience when it threatened her job.

[@pillowcase2006]

Yes she does. Let her think about her memory for her twilight years in prison. No sympathy.

[@paulbird3235]

Why didn't she just keep saying, pass, pass, pass.

[@itmakesyouthink]

One of the best ways the guilty don't purger themselves, they just don't recall.

[@Perfidion]

Pre-senile dementia is rampant at the Post Office these days. This stuff is up there with "I'm sorry Miss, the dog really did eat my homework."

[@colinbuist609]

I’ll have to try these “ I can’t recall “ tactics if I’m ever in court .

[@adam28xx]

The amount of collective amnesia on display from all these Post Office officials is really quite extraordinary. It's about time they were told to their faces in this inquiry that it is clearly evident that the whole lot of them are lying through their teeth and hoping to get away with it.

[@DanChaytor]

This whole 'I dont remember' bull is becoming more and more common to avoid responsibility. Disgraceful. Surely charges should follow?

[@TonyColl-ii3nf]

Why does the Post Office need so many in-house lawyers? In normal times, what do they all do?

[@dismalfist]

Ahh that strangely selective amnesia again!

[@granddadmark7639]

It looks like another higher paid help from the post office has watched Clear and Present Danger (1994).... : I have no recollection, Senator 😢

[@johntaylor5968]

She’s digging herself a grave here , this is a well known questioning strategy but she’s not bright enough to see it.

[@isolationstation5157]

Liar 🤥

[@ripperrouge5985]

Lawyers lies who would have thought