Paula Vennells finishes her testimony at the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry
That is the end of Paula Vennells’ appearance at the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry. Here are our reports from the three days …
Day one: Paula Vennells breaks down as she tells Post Office inquiry she was misled
Day two: Paula Vennells ruled out Post Office review that ‘would be front-page news’
Day three: Paula Vennells names five executives she blames over Post Office scandal
Here is the moment today Vennells gave a tearful reply to a question from Sam Stein KC on her final day of testimony, saying: “I loved the Post Office. I gave it … I worked as hard as I possibly could to deliver the best Post Office for the UK.” Stein responded at the end of her answer: “That’s absolute rubbish”
Thank you for reading. You can find our ongoing coverage of the scandal and inquiry here: Post Office Horizon scandal
Paula Vennells’ legal representative has no questions to put, and lead counsel to the inquiry Jason Beer KC says he has no questions to put arising from today’s proceedings.
Chair Wyn Williams says he is grateful to Vennells for her “extremely detailed witness statement and for giving evidence to the inquiry over three days” and that is the end of today’s hearing.
The inquiry adjourns, and will resume after a week’s break at noon on Monday 3 June to hear from Ben Foat, who has been group general counsel at the Post Office since May 2019.
