Paula Vennells: Key moments in Horizon IT inquiry involving ex-Post Office boss
The decisions and conduct of former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells have been put under the spotlight in the Horizon IT inquiry since the beginning of the year.
As the eyes of the inquiry’s counsel and wronged subpostmasters are set to turn to the 65-year-old as she enters the witness box on Wednesday, here are 10 potentially significant things the probe has learned about Ms Vennells to date:
– Ms Vennells ‘believed there were no miscarriages of justice’
The Post Office’s chief financial officer prepared a document for current chief executive Nick Read which claimed Ms Vennells did not believe there had been miscarriages of justice and “could not have got there emotionally”.
Alisdair Cameron told the probe that
