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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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SpindleyDindley · 24/05/2024 14:22

well chilled? more like well forgetful

murasaki · 24/05/2024 14:20

How is she going to deny emails we can see?

Quirkyme · 24/05/2024 14:20

This woman, what a fucking fool. This email.
I love this man's voice. Read to me firmly all day baby.

littlbrowndog · 24/05/2024 14:17

Missing Mike

Lunde · 24/05/2024 14:15

LuckysDadsHat · 24/05/2024 14:07

It's a long bloody lunchbreak! It is ridiculous. They don't start till 0945 then have a break at 11 ish and then a lunch break that's well over an hour.

I have said it for years for the court service as well. Its such a waste of time and money.

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They are sitting for 5-6 hours a day 9.45-1pm (with a 10 min loo break) and 2-4.30.

I suspect the lawyers and the chair need the extra time in the am/pm to go through documents and make notes of important points

Peregrina · 24/05/2024 14:15

The prospectus was false and she knew it. Criminal

Hasn't she said she wasn't involved all bar a bit of proof reading of the prospectus. Getting her excuses first, it seemed.

WiddlinDiddlin · 24/05/2024 14:14

'Oh yes it does look bad but only if you're a stupid member of the public, obviously us big biz types understand it'

WatchOutMissMarpleIsAbout · 24/05/2024 14:14

ICJ on Sky and bbc at the moment so will rely on comments from you all as I want to watch this also

littlbrowndog · 24/05/2024 14:14

But he did back it up with her evidence and what she said in her evidence

littlbrowndog · 24/05/2024 14:13

Yes 🤣🤣🤣

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nauticant · 24/05/2024 14:13

It must be true then!

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littlbrowndog · 24/05/2024 14:12

Yes. A guy on the radio said that when I was in car

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nauticant · 24/05/2024 14:11

It's a juicy detail because it could mean the government floated a company on the stock market and it was sold to investors on a deceptive basis. I can see lawyers having fun with that.

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littlbrowndog · 24/05/2024 14:10

The prospectus was false and she knew it. Criminal

Bignanna · 24/05/2024 14:08

Laiste · 24/05/2024 13:43

Disgusting.
I agree about the crying. What an embarrassment.

Can you imagine a man in her position keep on snivelling into tissues up there?

Why not? Aren’t we all equal now?

LuckysDadsHat · 24/05/2024 14:07

Lunde · 24/05/2024 14:04

They are on a lunch break - back now

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It's a long bloody lunchbreak! It is ridiculous. They don't start till 0945 then have a break at 11 ish and then a lunch break that's well over an hour.

I have said it for years for the court service as well. Its such a waste of time and money.

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nauticant · 24/05/2024 14:06

Uh-oh. Mr Moloney is going to be questioning Vennells over the Royal Mail prospectus. That's caught a lot of people's attention.

Mr Moloney is very gentle so far in his approach.

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Lunde · 24/05/2024 14:04

LuckysDadsHat · 24/05/2024 13:53

This is why these inquiries take bloody years! There has been just over 2 hours of questioning today and that's it. Its a bloody scam for that to happen. Make them have a proper day of questioning.

They are on a lunch break - back now

Anchorast · 24/05/2024 14:04

All that crying is sickening. Such a cop out.

LuckysDadsHat · 24/05/2024 13:53

This is why these inquiries take bloody years! There has been just over 2 hours of questioning today and that's it. Its a bloody scam for that to happen. Make them have a proper day of questioning.

Viviennemary · 24/05/2024 13:50

What a wriggling worm she comes across as. All self promotion and avoiding answering the question. Nobody can be fooled. It makes her look even worse IMHO.

PlacidPenelope · 24/05/2024 13:48

Just catching up.

chilling19 · 24/05/2024 13:47

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 this is my experience too

prh47bridge · 24/05/2024 13:44

Those who think no-one will end up being held accountable for this may be interested to know that Alan Bates has said that the JFSA will fundraise to launch private criminal prosecutions if the police don't take action. There are currently three police investigations in progress.

Laiste · 24/05/2024 13:43

Disgusting.
I agree about the crying. What an embarrassment.

Can you imagine a man in her position keep on snivelling into tissues up there?