Paula Vennells, the former chief executive officer of the government-owned Post Office Ltd, has decided to return her Commander of the British Empire honour amid a controversy surrounding wrongful convictions of hundreds of post office branch managers, including many British Indians. The controversy revolves around an IT glitch that wrongly accused post office branch managers, including several British Indians, leading …
LONDON — The former head of Britain’s state-owned Post Office said Tuesday she will hand back a royal honor in response to mounting fury over a miscarriage of justice that saw hundreds of postmasters wrongfully accused of theft because of a faulty computer system. “I have listened and I confirm that I return my CBE with immediate effect,” said Vennells, …
