Post Office Horizon Inquiry: Final day of former boss Paula Vennells giving evidence

Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells has admitted it was “possibly” her hope that a mediation scheme with subpostmasters would “minimise compensation”.
It came as the 65-year-old gave evidence for a second day at the Horizon IT Inquiry, where she continued to grow emotional over questions after a first day which saw her become visibly upset on a number of occasions and break down in tears twice.
Ms Vennells accepted that an email she sent in August 2013 which said “the hope of mediation was to avoid or minimise compensation” sounded like subpostmasters were only welcome on the scheme if they agreed to receive a “pat on the head and a token payment”.
She told the Horizon IT inquiry she did not believe the mediation scheme, set up for people who believed they had been wrongly prosecuted by the Post Office, was for paying out “substantial figures”.
In an email from August 2013 to Post Office lawyer Susan Crichton, Ms Vennells wrote: “When we discussed this, the hope of mediation was to avoid or minimise compensation.”
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  • @michaelgriffiths5723
    @michaelgriffiths572323 күн бұрын

    She's a cold, calculated liar. The police need to take action immediately!

  • @coam3708

    @coam3708

    22 күн бұрын

    She does not practice what see preaches she is the devil

  • @michaelmaycock5655
    @michaelmaycock565523 күн бұрын

    She doesn't understand anything, was never told anything, can remember anything and never ordered anything. Just WHAT was she getting paid for 🤔🙄

  • @LowreyContractorsUK

    @LowreyContractorsUK

    23 күн бұрын

    Yes an ordained priest. 😂🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

  • @tommym321
    @tommym32123 күн бұрын

    The woman is the biggest liar I have ever seen. It’s ridiculous.

  • @penelopegrundon2189
    @penelopegrundon218922 күн бұрын

    She is an unbelievable two faced liar! I hope the police get involved.

  • @Emchisti
    @Emchisti22 күн бұрын

    This woman is remarkably forgetful and shockingly ill-informed to ever have been CEO.

  • @universalparadoxes2081
    @universalparadoxes208123 күн бұрын

    The problem with lying is remembering your lies correctly upon cross examination.

  • @mariewalmsley6143
    @mariewalmsley614323 күн бұрын

    Dreadful excuse of a human.

  • @AlBarzUK
    @AlBarzUK23 күн бұрын

    Innocent, hardworking pillars of their communities have been vilified, imprisoned, and died because of this woman and her ‘team’. Sort it out, people!

  • @LowreyContractorsUK
    @LowreyContractorsUK23 күн бұрын

    Liar liar liar jail for her

  • @jessy970
    @jessy97022 күн бұрын

    She doesn’t stutter when she needs defends herself, but with every other question she pauses and blames others. Not taking any account for her own actions/ doings 😡

  • @user-vc8br5xf6d
    @user-vc8br5xf6d23 күн бұрын

    This is a highly intelligent, highly articulate and ruthlessly ambitious woman with no moral compass whatever. Contrast her performance here with her aggressive and fluent lies to the parliamentary committee in 2015.

  • @01r1sh

    @01r1sh

    23 күн бұрын

    It's patently obvious that there was, under her tenure as CEO, a dreadful culture within the PO management team, which as CEO she was ultimately responsible for. I'm afraid I see no evidence here other than this has been little more than a cold calculated performance in an attempt to cover up her true character.

  • @IbnBahtuta

    @IbnBahtuta

    23 күн бұрын

    That's my next stop. Thanks for the heads up.

  • @gordonc5354

    @gordonc5354

    23 күн бұрын

    I suspect she has been over promoted in the name of equality (seen it before), God help us if more UK CEOs are like her. Would Bezos or Dyson not know exactly what is going on????

  • @lynettemclean5215
    @lynettemclean521523 күн бұрын

    Ahh the joys of watching Jo Hamilton's face as she knows whats coming. 😂

  • @jenniferfleming8723

    @jenniferfleming8723

    19 күн бұрын

    That’s been my favourite part 😂😂 I adore Jo such a lovely woman

  • @IggyGoesPop666
    @IggyGoesPop66622 күн бұрын

    In preparation for this three day event, Vennell's would have undertaken dozens of practice training cross examinations with her lawyers to iron out how to present herself and deflect the accusations during the inquiry. She knows that it's not working as she is constantly breaking down in tears, whilst we can see that she was either asleep at the wheel or she is lying about her time in charge of the Post Office! Either one, its obvious to see that her priority was always to look after herself, her reputation, her performance bonuses & pension top ups as she happily sat back and watched people lose their livelihoods whilst some of them lost their lives. She now needs to be investigated by the Police on criminal charges and if/ when she is found guilty ... she needs to be thrown into prison. Every penny that she has taken in bonuses must be paid back in full and with interest as she has fraudulently stolen them from the Post Office/ British Tax Payers!

  • @ololiver92
    @ololiver9223 күн бұрын

    Police need to take action now

  • @lynneharvey2977

    @lynneharvey2977

    22 күн бұрын

    Have you looked at the calibre of the UK Police?? They aren't up to it.

  • @Steve-uf8pk

    @Steve-uf8pk

    21 күн бұрын

    Vennells a women of the cloth apparently. However she has no worries concerning prosecution, the British establishment looks after its own!

  • @allenp920
    @allenp92023 күн бұрын

    I wouldn’t give her a job at McDonald’s after this

  • @user-yh4gq8xo7b
    @user-yh4gq8xo7b23 күн бұрын

    I knew that they would show Paula Vennells up for what she really is. A total liar - strangely enough her unveiling was by her own hand in the email that showed her contempt for the Postmasters. Game set and match.

  • @essealants3730
    @essealants373023 күн бұрын

    Just imagin if she was actually bishop for the anglican church, the cover ups she would have swept under the carpet, a truly horrifying woman who unfortunatly sums up the higher rungs of the ladder in the corperate world and the establishment in general

  • @tonygallagher5148
    @tonygallagher514823 күн бұрын

    Systemic throughout UK society and culture since we adopted the corporate democratic model.. Attack, abuse and blame the minions

  • @Suspan1
    @Suspan122 күн бұрын

    As soon as she starts blaming and naming others her answering speeds up and takes on a different tone.

  • @robertsemple299
    @robertsemple29921 күн бұрын

    The corporate defence of this brand is quite similar to that which came out of inquiries into the Catholic church, in my opinion. The loyalty at the top is breathtaking.

  • @LowreyContractorsUK
    @LowreyContractorsUK23 күн бұрын

    No leadership ability , how the heck did she get the job ?

  • @jenniferfleming8723

    @jenniferfleming8723

    19 күн бұрын

    Oh this woman was EXTREMELY good at her job, she orchestrated everything and signed off on everything she’s lying through her teeth!!

  • @DevilbyMoonlight
    @DevilbyMoonlight23 күн бұрын

    What she says doesnt roll off the tongue naturally, she is thinking before she answers the hallmark of someone who wants to tell you in a way that is more acceptable to you, rather than it was verbatim,

  • @iagree5313
    @iagree531323 күн бұрын

    Poor thing . Jason could have stepped in but he didn't want him to be embarrassed any more.

  • @alanoldfield6955
    @alanoldfield695522 күн бұрын

    you can see her calculating every answer and trying to find words that put her in the best light or least bad light

  • @seamus7054
    @seamus705422 күн бұрын

    Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD or APD) is a personality disorder characterized by a limited capacity for empathy and a long-term pattern of disregard or violation of the rights of others. Other notable symptoms include impulsivity, reckless behavior (including substance abuse), a lack of remorse after hurting others, deceitfulness, irresponsibility, and aggressive behavior. [Wikipedia] She ticks most of the boxes.

  • @lynneharvey2977

    @lynneharvey2977

    22 күн бұрын

    I was a psych nurse for decades...You speak my language and read Ms Vennells the same as I do

  • @petersullivan2837
    @petersullivan283723 күн бұрын

    If the guy Young is in the para regiment, then he is easily found

  • @jessy970
    @jessy97022 күн бұрын

    I’m sorry but wasn’t she a vicar at one point. And under the bibles oath it say ‘thou shall not lie’ well she has broke that. She is a disgrace and should be stripped of everything 😡

  • @andyisabeast7782

    @andyisabeast7782

    22 күн бұрын

    She has also been swearing in on the Bible everyday

  • @petrus666love
    @petrus666love23 күн бұрын

    “ I was only doing my job “ hmm 🤔 does that sound familiar Adolf 😢

  • @jeannettestreet5521
    @jeannettestreet552122 күн бұрын

    If Vennells accepts that SPM.shouid be liable for shortfalls in their PO, does it follow she would accept that maybe she would like to be financially liable for the damage and subsequent shortfalls within the PO under her 'leadership'.

  • @LMMusic947
    @LMMusic94723 күн бұрын

    To the tune of a well known Kings of Leon song....🎶 Woah..your pants are on fire.

  • @joedudz
    @joedudz23 күн бұрын

    Prison

  • @silentwitness247
    @silentwitness24720 күн бұрын

    The Head Girl has been caught being naughty behind the bike shed but she can’t recall it. Who can we believe?

  • @VG-cz7yg
    @VG-cz7yg13 күн бұрын

    Oh please, Vennells did not do her best as CEO of the PO, rather she did her very best to obfuscate the truth. Vennells comes across as disingenuous and her recall is very selective! Her long pauses are very telling as her brain scrambles to concoct another lie. To think that she was paid a bonus at the hight of the PO debacle and was awarded a CBE ( now stripped from her) is truly unbelievable. The rot goes very deep.

  • @stitchintime4332

    @stitchintime4332

    5 күн бұрын

    She wasn’t stripped of the award, she returned the CBE voluntarily. Just another carefully calculated move on her part prior to attending the inquiry. 🤨

  • @petersullivan2837
    @petersullivan283723 күн бұрын

    Come on, if you don’t ask the right questions of course you won’t get the right answers

  • @hodad3142
    @hodad314218 күн бұрын

    More whistle blowers required! Hopefully, others with a conscience will stand up.

  • @helenjob
    @helenjob23 күн бұрын

    Well done the legals. They left no room for manoeuvring by this disembling crowd. And well done post masters for not shouting at the witnesses in the face of such obvious avoidance of the truth. And the last lawyer reminded us of some of the devastation caused by this group of incompetent amnesiacs. Seriously, how do they justify their enormous salaries, bonuses and other perks when they are so completely useless at their jobs? And how do they sleep at night knowing they've ruined so many lives? It's bewildering.

  • @jenniferfleming8723

    @jenniferfleming8723

    19 күн бұрын

    They slept like babies cos they don’t care!! However I imagine now the tables have turned they’ll be losing plenty of sleep and getting a small taste of that they done to hundreds of innocent, hardworking people

  • @coam3708
    @coam370823 күн бұрын

    If Mr Mike Young was a officer in the para's then he is easily found

  • @jimdaniels7472

    @jimdaniels7472

    22 күн бұрын

    Not if he moved to SAS or other secret mission

  • @coam3708

    @coam3708

    22 күн бұрын

    @@jimdaniels7472 trust me if the MoD were asked they would have a chat with him

  • @tillyt4054

    @tillyt4054

    16 күн бұрын

    @@jimdaniels7472 The MOD would know where he is

  • @Skippio1980
    @Skippio198015 күн бұрын

    Crocodiles can cry apparently. Lock her up for negligence!

  • @lynettemclean5215
    @lynettemclean521523 күн бұрын

    "with hindsight" 4.33 onwards....😂

  • @777colin1
    @777colin121 күн бұрын

    It wasn't me, I wasn't told, I can't remember, I don't recall, it was someone else's fault. You can't blame me. It's others who are to blame. That wasn't my intention. Hands up who can guess who this is?

  • @iagree5313
    @iagree531323 күн бұрын

    He is clearly very ill.

  • @davidrobertson9271
    @davidrobertson92718 күн бұрын

    I doubt Sir Huw is going to deliver the much deserved coup de grace!

  • @mikecorrigan33
    @mikecorrigan3313 күн бұрын

    Though they all closed ranks against the possibility that Fujitsu's Horizon was to blame, has Fujitsu been grilled about their useless system? All else notwithstanding, This Horizon system was at fault and Fujitsu needs hauling in and ordered to pay compensation as well, surely??

  • @robinblick9375
    @robinblick937512 күн бұрын

    She can't even remember what she said in her statement. Or so she says.

  • @garethjones2171
    @garethjones21714 күн бұрын

    Cant remember when it suits her. Got to be jail and then she will have plenty of time to remember

  • @russellroberts4444
    @russellroberts444415 күн бұрын

    Unless the police act, she has got away with it.

  • @DownToEarthMind
    @DownToEarthMind18 күн бұрын

    she should go to jail

  • @user-ub6te5uw9z
    @user-ub6te5uw9z23 күн бұрын

    Mrs isma totally innocent like all the other people how does she do it

  • @brandonhealy7158
    @brandonhealy715813 күн бұрын

    You’re finished love xx😂😂

  • @LORRAINEREAD1
    @LORRAINEREAD111 күн бұрын

    This woman is infuriating.

  • @ElaineWeiner-sq4bm
    @ElaineWeiner-sq4bm21 күн бұрын

    VENNELLS IS SUCH A LIAR. NO SYMPATHY FOR HER. 🥶🤬

  • @user-ub6te5uw9z
    @user-ub6te5uw9z23 күн бұрын

    If you were a working class guy and committed this fraud and death to someone you know you would be in prison for life so what is the difference in her oh yeah she is a messenger from god Not doing it for me anymore

  • @Peacebewithyou-lc5xb
    @Peacebewithyou-lc5xb21 күн бұрын

    I know this perception may be strange for ppl to grasp but what if Paula is also a victim of the scandal. She was part of an organisation along side other bosses, anyone who works in high positions, managers included are constantly put under pressure to make the company’s reputation to be the main priority no matter. There taught not to get emotionally involved and every decision made has to be the right and one no should ever challenge it or take on other bosses and point anything out, the complaints would only infuriate those above her. She was used as a puppet to scam money, she was oblivious, gas lite told there was nothing wrong with the tech it was 100% fault proof. They for she had no other choice but to believe those ppl must be thief’s. Imagine questioning the bosses along side you over and over and they tell you not to worry, are you mad, fit for your position. I wonder why an entire country have put there blame onto the bosses of the scandal. They played a part but this goes much deeper, it was criminal activity, where did all the money go??? Who was obtaining it???? Those are the real culprits. The bosses were unaware there were covering up such a scam. This is an example of how badly run our establishments are across the board, Police, NHS, Social care etc most manager’s are brutal, disillusion, gas lite throughout their careers. They can feel isolated, paranoid, suicidal, be a targeted individual of extreme abuse if there dare challenge the system or whistle blow. They are trained in a way not to challenge anything or face the consequences. Even complaint department’s go through brain washing they are taught to sweep them under the carpe or the person who is complaint must b mentally ill. The gullible are deliberately picked out mislead, multiplied to play the part they are scripted to, while all sorts goes on in the background and is never questioned. The managers will always be blamed not those who are really to blame. All the managers were doing was what they were programmed to do, the question is are they also victims??? And when do find out who start taking the money and who followed it. They are the real thief’s with them not been held account they have gotten away with it as intended.

  • @user-uu3mg4cl2q
    @user-uu3mg4cl2q9 күн бұрын

    She sounds like she preaching to her flok. 😢😢😢😢

  • @marpledave
    @marpledave23 күн бұрын

    Real life judge Judy! What a load of baloney 😂

  • @user-ub6te5uw9z
    @user-ub6te5uw9z23 күн бұрын

    Witness had a get out clause fin lie

  • @TexasRed167
    @TexasRed16715 күн бұрын

    She was asleep at the wheel

  • @tommym321
    @tommym32123 күн бұрын

    It looks stupid that the judge is present remotely. Ridiculous. He should be there in person.

  • @damienholden2132
    @damienholden213214 күн бұрын

    Her netumanu hittler are having a zBALL

  • @damienholden2132
    @damienholden2132Күн бұрын

    Reep wat you soe

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