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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

Tearful testimony confirms for many how much Post Office’s Vennells knew

Paula Vennels flanked by police officer
Paula Vennells leaves the Post Office Horizon inquiry in London on Friday. Photograph: James Veysey/Rex/Shutterstock

It was difficult for the victims attending the public inquiry into the Horizon scandal on the fifth floor of Aldwych House in central London to demur from the conclusion of Moya Greene, a former chief executive of Royal Mail and Paula Vennells’ boss until the Post Office split off in 2012.

“I think you knew,” Greene had written to Vennells in January, according to a text message published by the inquiry this week.

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