An independent forensic accountant brought in to investigate the Horizon system has told an inquiry that ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells ‘often and consistently’ tried to distract him from investigating miscarriages of justice. Ian Henderson, one of two Second Sight forensic accounts paid by the Post Office (POL) in 2012 to review cases involving Horizon, … Read more
Lia Williams, 59, is an exceptional actor with a searching intelligence and warmth, whose award-winning performances on stage and screen have a way of staying in the minds. Her 1993 interpretation of a student accusing her professor of harassment, in that of David Mamet Oleanna, was such a role. Now, thirty years later, she is … Read more
The Post Office’s former CEO is accused of being aware of problems with the Horizon IT system while sub-postmasters were prosecuted. (Alamy) Secret recordings provide the ‘final evidence’ that former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells was aware of problems with the Horizon IT system at the same time staff were being prosecuted, a former activist … Read more
Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells will hand back her CBE – TOM STOCKHILL Disgraced former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has bowed to pressure to hand back her CBE amid anger over her role in the Horizon IT scandal. She announced she will forfeit the honor “with immediate effect” after Rishi Sunak intervened and … Read more
Paula Vennells was CEO of the Post Office from 2012 to 2019. (PA) A petition calling for former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells to be stripped of her CBE is approaching 500,000 signatures following the final episode of an ITV1 drama about the sub-postmasters scandal on Thursday evening. Mr Bates vs The Post Office looks … Read more