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Paula Vennells - why doesn't the church ask her to stand down

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Flyhigher · 19/01/2024 06:28

Her actions led to suicides and a mass prosecutions and wrongful imprisonments.

Why doesn't the church ask her to stand down ?

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Tontostitis · 19/01/2024 09:36

@Justkoko the 'money' went into a suspense account. They couldn't allocate it to transactions as there weren't any due to the faulty system. The postmasters physically put money into their branches, cash from their wallet, personal cheques or, in our case and many other via monthly deductions from their salaries.
At each year end the PO suspense account had all this extra money, so they put it back as extra profit without a source and then it seems paud themselves performance based bonuses as theyd had such a good year.
Auditing was done in house.

Flyhigher · 19/01/2024 09:45

Sorry didn't realise she had stood down. That's good.
But still her actions haven't been great. She does have some blame. The govt signed with Fujitsu though. Who was pulling all these strings. Who wrote that contract for the postmasters?

She has taken money from the public purse and wasted it.

Where is it in her contract that she she has to make good any lost revenue?

Or wasted legal expenses?

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BadSkiingMum · 19/01/2024 09:50

They have had Mike Pilivachi to deal with first and a lot of questions still to answer about why concerns about this man were left unaddressed for so long:

https://www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding/safeguarding-news-releases/update-mike-pilavachi-investigation

Not a great year to be the Bishop of St Albans!

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 19/01/2024 09:52

Tontostitis · 19/01/2024 09:36

@Justkoko the 'money' went into a suspense account. They couldn't allocate it to transactions as there weren't any due to the faulty system. The postmasters physically put money into their branches, cash from their wallet, personal cheques or, in our case and many other via monthly deductions from their salaries.
At each year end the PO suspense account had all this extra money, so they put it back as extra profit without a source and then it seems paud themselves performance based bonuses as theyd had such a good year.
Auditing was done in house.

And apparently auditors didn't ask why there's a massive amount in the suspense account at year end, where it came from and what it's for.

When I was working in finance and it came to audit time, the race was on to get the suspense accounts down to zero.

I haven't read about the PO scandal in depth, but then I don't need to to realise the PO is corrupt and incompetent from top to bottom.

DW2693 · 22/01/2024 20:25

Are you actually crazy? So let her get away with it ?

DontRecall · 26/01/2024 16:59

Without pre judging any outcomes PLEASE REMEMBER INNOCENT , HONEST , TRUSTWORTHY POST OFFICE EMPLOYEES COMMITTED SUICIDE . R.I.P. ALL THOSE EMPLOYEES AND THE ONES WHO NEVER LIVED TO SEE JUSTICE SERVED . It is obvious that there is more than one guilty person but that does not mean they don’t All need to go to Jail , it wasn’t a problem to jail HUGE AMOUNTS OF I INNOCENT , HONEST LOYAL POST OFFICE EMPLOYEES , So the Guilty person or persons must go to jail for CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER . NO SENTENCE FOR THEM IS TOO HARSH . BUT LIKE ALL THE INNOCENT , HONEST , TRUSTWORTHY POST OFFICE EMPLOYEES THEY MUST BE STRIPPED OF THEIR ASSETS ,SAVINGS , PENSIONS Also INCLUDING THEIR MILLION POUND HOMES . Also these CEO ‘S Who get paid millions do so because they have big responsibilities but when it goes pear shaped the Buck stops with you , YES THE CEO , stop blaming Fujitsu and everyone else AS CEO YOU DID NOTHING ABOUT IT SO IF FOUND GUILTY YOU MUST PAY THE PRICE , IF ANYONE DISAGREES THINK OF THE VICTIMS THAT COMMITTED SUICIDE AND THE MANY MORE THAT CONSIDERED IT AND ALL THOSE THAT HAVE SUFFERED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES . JUSTICE FOR MR . ALAN BATES AND HIS INNOCENT , HONEST AND TRUSTWORTHY POST OFFICE EMPLOYEES MUST BE CARRIED OUT . Len - L

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