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Scotland’s solicitor general accuses Sheku Bayoh inquiry chair of ‘apparent bias’

Criticisms also made by police federation but rejected by chair of hearing into death of black man in custody in 2015

The Guardian - UK

Post Office boss admits attempts to double his pay look ‘very poor’

Nick Read tells Horizon IT inquiry he did not threaten to resign over remuneration

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Fujitsu engineer apologises at Post Office inquiry over ‘bandwagon’ claim

Gareth Jenkins says past accusation against high-profile victim of Horizon IT scandal was ‘totally inappropriate’

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian view on Paula Vennells: pride came before her fall

Editorial: The Post Office boss’s self-serving behaviour was plain to see. But she was not the only one

The Guardian - UK

Post Office Horizon IT inquiry: tearful Vennells’ claim she worked as hard as she could dismissed as ‘absolute rubbish’ – as it happened

Victims’ lawyer responds to tearful monologue by former Post Office chief executive

The Guardian - UK

Post Office Horizon IT inquiry: Vennells denies email warning case reviews would be ‘front page news’ was factor in restricting them – as it happened

Former CEO says she does not recall ‘making conscious decision not to go back and review all past criminal cases’ and denies media coverage was a factor

The Guardian - UK

Rev Vennells wept but couldn’t remember much about sending innocent subpostmasters to jail. All so long ago

As the former Post Office CEO faced the inquiry and her victims, she said ‘sorry’ a lot. About what? It was never really clear, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

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Paula Vennells cries at Post Office scandal inquiry and admits evidence to MPs was untrue

Disgraced former boss of the Post Office apologises to subpostmasters for their suffering during the Horizon IT scandal

The Independent UK

Paula Vennells breaks down as she tells Post Office inquiry she was misled

Ex-chief executive tells inquiry into Horizon scandal she had been unaware people were being wrongly prosecuted

The Guardian - UK

Paula Vennells accused of asking team to ‘dig into’ dead man’s records

The former Post Office chief was quizzed about an email she sent after Martin Griffiths’ suicide attempt suggesting she had heard about ‘previous mental health and family issues’

The Independent UK

Paula Vennells shown damning text from ex-Royal Mail chief over Post Office scandal: ‘I think you knew’

‘I think you knew,’ the ex-Post Office boss was told by Canadian-born Moya Greene, who was in charge of the Royal Mail for eight years

The Independent UK

‘I have no sense there was any conspiracy at all’, Paula Vennells tells Post Office Horizon inquiry – live

Former chief executive of the Post Office tells the inquiry she does not think there was a conspiracy but that mistakes were made

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Post Office executive Angela van den Bogerd refuses to apologise for role in Horizon IT scandal

Angela van den Bogerd faces two days of questioning over the Post Office Horizon IT scandal

Evening Standard

Post Office has run out of road thanks to an honest, stubborn man

Even the judge at the Horizon inquiry seemed impressed as the Alan Bates entered the room to recount his experience with the Post Office

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Evening Standard

Alan Bates: Post Office is 'atrocious dead duck' which should be sold to Amazon

Mr Bates said he first identified problems with the Horizon IT system in late 2000

The Guardian - UK

Post Office: ‘appalling’ that courts not told of bugs, Fujitsu boss admits

Europe chief of tech firm embroiled in Horizon IT scandal tells inquiry that bugs were identified as early at 1999

The Independent UK

Lawyer apologises to subpostmaster made homeless following wrongful conviction

Former Post Office lawyer Teresa Williamson apologised for the ‘harm it clearly caused’ Lisa Brennan.

The Independent UK

Auditor’s ‘inaccurate’ court statement resulted in subpostmaster’s bankruptcy

Helen Rose was questioned by the chairman and counsel to the inquiry over seemingly false information provided to the High Court in 2006

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The Independent UK

Auditor made ‘inaccurate’ court statement leading to bankruptcy of subpostmaster

Helen Rose was questioned by the chairman and counsel to the inquiry over seemingly false information provided to the High Court in 2006.

The Independent UK

Post Office head of legal services apologises to inquiry for racist document

Group general counsel for the Post Office, Ben Foat, said the guide had been circulated as recently as 2019.

The Independent UK

Post Office conducted ‘one side of coin’ report on IT system accused of faults

Post Office Limited’s former head of product and branch accounting gave evidence to the Horizon inquiry on Thursday.

Wales Online

Mohamud Hassan 'may have collapsed in police van', coroner told

The focus of the inquest has moved towards police 'care' of Mohamud Hassan, said his family's lawyer

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