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Paula Vennels being questioned at the Post Office Inquiry, followed by others - thread 2

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nauticant · 24/05/2024 09:29

A continuation of the discussion started by@Sausagenbaconhere:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5080262-to-enjoy-hearing-paula-vennels-being-taken-apart

Paula Vennells' 3 days of evidence ends today but there are more hearings coming up and we can discuss those too.

When the hearings are going on, live-streaming can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/@postofficehorizonitinquiry947/featured

All of the previous hearings can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/@postofficehorizonitinquiry947/videos

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FatAndFiftySomething · 24/05/2024 14:35

Whoa!

murasaki · 24/05/2024 14:35

Although you can't remember it, it was a key achievement.

Gotcha.

Quirkyme · 24/05/2024 14:35

I would love someone to tell her to stop imagining.

Lunde · 24/05/2024 14:35

Busted by her "key achievements"

FatAndFiftySomething · 24/05/2024 14:35

I’m very intrigued by those who cannot be found, or have refused to come in.

littlbrowndog · 24/05/2024 14:35

There it is

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nauticant · 24/05/2024 14:35

OMG! The list of Vennells achievements in fiddling with the prospectus. Vennells lost of words and now fighting back.

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littlbrowndog · 24/05/2024 14:32

Earned her keep

Peregrina · 24/05/2024 14:31

Am I getting this right, Ms Vennells says she didn't know anything until 2012/13 but this guy is showing her correspondence she wrote in 2011?

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nauticant · 24/05/2024 14:30

But typically, Vennells is now denying that she relied on verbal updates.

RMG prospectus questions now!

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nauticant · 24/05/2024 14:29

Ahh, we're on to Vennells relying on verbal updates. ie deniable.

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nauticant · 24/05/2024 14:27

Jo Hamilton:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68470153

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littlbrowndog · 24/05/2024 14:26

Oh god. That poor woman. Prison for this shower of no goods

Lunde · 24/05/2024 14:26

That e-mail exchange shows that the "lovely calm" Paula is an act for high level management and the board and her anxiety to keep her name off incriminating stuff ... plausible deniability

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nauticant · 24/05/2024 14:26

Jo Hamilton.

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Sceptic1234 · 24/05/2024 14:25

murasaki · 24/05/2024 14:24

The blonde haired lady was smirking then.

Jo Henderson .... served time in prison.

Quirkyme · 24/05/2024 14:25

murasaki · 24/05/2024 14:24

The blonde haired lady was smirking then.

I'm not gonna lie, I sometimes wonder how they don't smirk more. Of course, this is really serious but some things we've heard are just absurd

murasaki · 24/05/2024 14:24

The blonde haired lady was smirking then.

Quirkyme · 24/05/2024 14:23

This guy's asking the right questions.

Peregrina · 24/05/2024 14:23

So it seems that she started digging deeper, but not to ascertain where there were miscarriages of justice, but to manage the POs reputation.

Quirkyme · 24/05/2024 14:22

I love him reading it in that way, dunno what she's complaining about

littlbrowndog · 24/05/2024 14:22

The tone 🤦‍♀️

murasaki · 24/05/2024 14:22

So a cross tone is fine for a woman and not a man. Nice.

drusth · 24/05/2024 14:22

nauticant · 24/05/2024 10:36

She did well in the past to make sure she never received any of the key documents. There would have been a culture in Post Office, like in many places, that you don't land top management with long and difficult documents. Instead they get summaries, ideally in written form and written clearly. It looks like, for whatever reason, Vennells was receiving the vital summaries from those beneath her verbally.

Yes, remember when a complaint was emailed to her and she pulled up her team with an email saying ‘This should never have reached me’? She wanted to keep herself out of the mire, and just orchestrate it from a distance.

Quirkyme · 24/05/2024 14:22

Did you hear the public laugh hahaha

"Well chilled, on holiday"

Yes, full rewind. She is so foolish.

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