Post Office scandal victims accuse Paula Vennells of making ‘PR apology’
10 months ago

Post Office scandal victims accuse Paula Vennells of making ‘PR apology’

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Victims of the Post Office scandal have accused the company’s former boss Paula Vennells of making a “PR apology” to those affected. Speaking about Ms Vennells’ evidence, he said: “She’s got a huge opportunity to get what she sees as the truth out there. “And what she remembers really is kind of a background for me, the actual verbal evidence is not really that important.” Asked about Ms Vennells breaking down in tears, he added: “She’ll never shed as many as I have, I’m afraid, or my family, or the rest of the victims or the wider group. “They still don’t accept it, how on earth did authorities in high positions not know how the company works?” Ms Vennells continues her evidence.

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Watch: Post Office inquiry hears Paula Vennells’ final closing statement after two years of evidence
3 months, 1 week ago

Watch: Post Office inquiry hears Paula Vennells’ final closing statement after two years of evidence

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Watch as Paula Vennells' closing statement was heard in the …

Paula Vennells has not been held to account, suggests Post Office successor
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Paula Vennells has not been held to account, suggests Post Office successor

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Paula Vennells has not been held to account for her role in the Horizon IT scandal, her successor has suggested. Speaking at the Post Office inquiry, Nick Read appeared to take a thinly veiled swipe at Ms Vennells, claiming Post Office colleagues believed former leaders did not face consequences for their actions while in charge at the organisation. Mr Read …

Shamed ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells 'frequently and consistently tried to steer' investigators away from uncovering potential miscarriages of justice, Horizon scandal inquiry told
9 months, 1 week ago

Shamed ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells 'frequently and consistently tried to steer' investigators away from uncovering potential miscarriages of justice, Horizon scandal inquiry told

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Shamed former Post Office boss Paula Vennells ‘frequently and consistently attempted to steer’ investigators away from uncovering potential miscarriages of justice, a computer expert hired to scrutinise its doomed Horizon IT system said. Ian Henderson, from forensic accountants Second Sight, claimed Post Office bosses were ‘constantly sabotaging our efforts to seek the truth irrespective of the consequences’ and said he …

Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells booed by subpostmasters for saying their cases ‘bored’ her
10 months ago

Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells booed by subpostmasters for saying their cases ‘bored’ her

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Wrongly convicted subpostmasters booed former Post Office boss Paula Vennells …

Paula Vennells Post Office Inquiry live: Ex-CEO booed over calling postmasters ‘inadequate’ in bombshell email
10 months ago

Paula Vennells Post Office Inquiry live: Ex-CEO booed over calling postmasters ‘inadequate’ in bombshell email

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✕ Close Paula Vennells broke down in tears during her evidence on Wednesday Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read …

Post Office inquiry: Paula Vennells mounts desperate bid to salvage reputation
10 months ago

Post Office inquiry: Paula Vennells mounts desperate bid to salvage reputation

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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Vennells was surrounded by police and press as she arrived at …

Sympathy and scorn as sub-postmasters react to former Post Office chief Paul Vennell’s ‘crocodile tears’
10 months ago

Sympathy and scorn as sub-postmasters react to former Post Office chief Paul Vennell’s ‘crocodile tears’

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Alan Bates says he has ‘no sympathy’ for tearful Paula Vennells
10 months ago

Alan Bates says he has ‘no sympathy’ for tearful Paula Vennells

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He said: “They certainly are going to investigate, I’ve …

Post Office scandal: Subpostmistress who ‘paid back’ £70,000 says her children were accused of stealing
10 months ago

Post Office scandal: Subpostmistress who ‘paid back’ £70,000 says her children were accused of stealing

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. With her mother, she paid £70,000 back to the Post …

Paula Vennells accused of asking team to ‘dig into’ dead man’s records
10 months ago

Paula Vennells accused of asking team to ‘dig into’ dead man’s records

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I had heard, but have yet to see a formal report, that there were …

Paula Vennells breaks down in tears mid-evidence at Horizon IT inquiry
10 months ago

Paula Vennells breaks down in tears mid-evidence at Horizon IT inquiry

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. She told the probe an email she sent to …

Paula Vennells shown damning text from ex-Royal Mail chief over Post Office scandal: ‘I think you knew’
10 months ago

Paula Vennells shown damning text from ex-Royal Mail chief over Post Office scandal: ‘I think you knew’

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ms Vennells replied, telling Ms Greene: “No Moya, that isn’t the case.” But, in …

Paula Vennells apologises to subpostmasters at Post Office Horizon IT inquiry
10 months ago

Paula Vennells apologises to subpostmasters at Post Office Horizon IT inquiry

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Disgraced ex-Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells apologised for “all …

Post Office chief executive ‘exonerated of misconduct claims’
11 months, 1 week ago

Post Office chief executive ‘exonerated of misconduct claims’

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‘Inaccuracies and falsehoods’ The Post Office said Mr Staunton’s claims contained “inaccuracies and falsehoods” and Mr Read told his staff last month that he “absolutely refutes” bullying claims. On Wednesday, the organisation said the report, compiled by barrister Marianne Tutin of Devereux Chambers, had exonerated Mr Read of all misconduct allegations and he had the “united backing of the board”. …

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells officially loses CBE over her role in Horizon sub-postmaster scandal
1 year, 1 month ago

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells officially loses CBE over her role in Horizon sub-postmaster scandal

Daily Mail  

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells today forfeited her CBE for 'bringing the honours system into disrepute'. The former chief executive agreed to hand back her gong last month amid fury at the treatment of hundreds of sub-postmasters wrongfully convicted by IT failures. The Archbishop of Canterbury has broken his silence over a church role for disgraced Post Office boss …

May government ‘pushed for Paula Vennells CBE despite concerns over Post Office scandal’
1 year, 2 months ago

May government ‘pushed for Paula Vennells CBE despite concerns over Post Office scandal’

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Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells urged to tell truth about Horizon scandal after returning CBE
1 year, 2 months ago

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells urged to tell truth about Horizon scandal after returning CBE

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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Campaigners and MPs welcomed her decision to give up the award – but said Ms …

Post Office scandal: Paula Vennells hands back CBE after petition - latest
1 year, 2 months ago

Post Office scandal: Paula Vennells hands back CBE after petition - latest

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'It's a shame it took a million people to cripple her conscience': Furious sub-postmasters wrongly convicted in Horizon scandal are 'glad' ex Post Office boss Paula Vennells is handing back CBE - amid
1 year, 2 months ago

'It's a shame it took a million people to cripple her conscience': Furious sub-postmasters wrongly convicted in Horizon scandal are 'glad' ex Post Office boss Paula Vennells is handing back CBE - amid

Daily Mail  

Furious sub-postmasters wrongly convicted in Horizon scandal have said they are 'glad' ex Post Office boss Paula Vennells is handing back CBE. Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells intends to hand back her CBE with immediate effect amid the fallout of the Horizon IT scandal, which led to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of sub-postmasters It comes as ITV's new …

Who is disgraced former Post Office boss Paula Vennells?
1 year, 2 months ago

Who is disgraced former Post Office boss Paula Vennells?

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The decision by former Post …

More than a million people sign petition calling to strip ex-Post Office chief Paula Vennells of her CBE amid growing fury over Horizon miscarriage of justice - as pressure grows on Lib Dem leader Ed
1 year, 2 months ago

More than a million people sign petition calling to strip ex-Post Office chief Paula Vennells of her CBE amid growing fury over Horizon miscarriage of justice - as pressure grows on Lib Dem leader Ed

Daily Mail  

More than a million people have signed a petition calling for former Post Office boss Paula Vennells to be stripped of her CBE amid growing anger at the Horizon scandal. Demands for the Honours Forfeiture Committee to remove Ms Vennells' gong have emerged again after ITV aired a new drama into the scandal: Mr Bates vs The Post Office. The …

Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells should hand back CBE over scandal, Tory minister
1 year, 2 months ago

Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells should hand back CBE over scandal, Tory minister

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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The former boss of the Post Office should hand back her …

Lawyer apologises to subpostmaster made homeless following wrongful conviction
1 year, 4 months ago

Lawyer apologises to subpostmaster made homeless following wrongful conviction

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Giving evidence to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry on Wednesday, Ms Brennan’s prosecutor …

Now strip shamed Post Office boss of her CBE, MPs say
3 years, 11 months ago

Now strip shamed Post Office boss of her CBE, MPs say

Daily Mail  

The woman who presided over the Post Office IT scandal should be stripped of her CBE, MPs said yesterday. Paula Vennells, who earned £3.7million over six years as chief executive at the Post Office, yesterday quit the boards of supermarket chain Morrisons and homewares firm Dunelm. Paula Vennells, who was chief executive at the Post Office during the scandal, should …

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