Former Post Office Boss accused of putting brand above investigation miscarriages of justice

Paula Vennells, CEO of the Post Office between 2012 and 2019, faced a tough second day at the Post Office inquiry as the was accused of prioritising the Post Office brand first over investigating more miscarriages of justice.

During her seven years as chief executive, hundreds of sub-postmasters were sent to jail based on flawed evidence thrown up by the Post Office's Horizon IT system.

When asked about her emails with Post Office communications director, Mark Davies, Paula Vennells said: "I really don't remember it relating to the decision," with the room reacted with a series of scoffs.

#paulavennells #postoffice #inquiry

[jjptech]

She went from “crying” to “I don’t remember”

[brendamhewitt]

She needs to go to jail for only a small taste of what she put so many good, honest people through and be stripped of all payments and pensions

[Nigelfarij]

She gets police protection leaving court - why?

[jimscullion]

This is just another case of 'I didn't know', 'I wasn't aware', 'Nobody told me' etc. etc.. What I would really love to know is who these people actually worked for and who hired them in the first place if they are clearly incapable of doing the job they were hired to do. I have always been a tory voter but honestly believe we need to take back common public services into public is just another example of a basic functioning part of a civilised society being run by an unknown private private corporation whose only objective is profit..

[paulkirby]

An ordinary man n the street would all ready be in prison !!!! It’s not right ….. they all knew everyone of the post office top brass and members of the government. This is so wrong on every level

[blankpage]

They survived hell, only to face a Skynews journalist

[johndewever]

Vennells is evil - did so much harm to so many

[philhart]

She acted with a criminal disregard to her responsibilities.

She may think she is suffering, but it is nothing compared to the suffering that she inflicted on others.

Evil never recognises itself.

[rosewhite---]

She clearly worships THE POST OFFICE despite being a 'Christian minister' who should worship no one but GOD!

[TZplayer]

Why do sky think yelling in the street to intimidate a witness is good journalism. It is not.

[josephhoffman]

Abortions? Miscarriages? Thought the postal system #USPS #navyseals