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Key points from day one of Paula Vennells at Horizon inquiry as sub-postmaster victims and Royal Mail’s Dame Moya Greene alike don’t believe her account – MKFM 106.3FM

The account of the Post Office’s former chief executive about what she knew during key years of the firm’s scandal is not believed by the former CEO of Royal Mail, the inquiry into the injustice has heard. Paula Vennells has been giving evidence as part of a three-day appearance at …

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Post Office Inquiry LIVE: Former Royal Mail chief told Paula Vennells ‘I can’t support you now’ in brutal text exchange as shamed ex-CEO repeatedly apologises and cries TWICE during her evidence

By Milo Pope Published: 03:30 EDT, 22 May 2024 | Updated: 09:44 EDT, 22 May 2024 Advertisement Paula Vennells, the disgraced former CEO of the Post Office, will today give evidence to the Horizon IT scandal in what will be her first public remarks on the controversy in almost a …

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Paula Vennells cries as she admits ‘mistakes’

Ms Vennells has told the inquiry how she trusted information from the “highest lawyer in the organisation” but accepted it was “clearly completely inaccurate”. The inquiry was shown minutes from a meeting attended by Ms Vennells and Susan Crichton, then the Post Office’s most senior in-house lawyer. The document stated …

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Royal Navy warship came within a ‘hair’s breadth’ of crashing into a huge oil tanker after an untrained officer was left in charge and failed to spot it – as lieutenant who tried to cover up the near-disaster is fined and slammed by a judge

A Royal Navy warship came within a ‘hair’s breadth’ of crashing into a huge oil tanker after an untrained officer was left in charge and failed to spot it – as the lieutenant who put her there tried to cover up the near-disaster.  Lieutenant Euan Playford-Johnston left an inexperienced colleague on …

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