Post Office Inquiry: Paula Vennells breaks down as she's accused of talking 'absolute rubbish'

Paula Vennells, under questioning from a lawyer acting on behalf of a number of subpostmasters, insisted she “loved” the Post Office before growing visibly upset and pausing to compose herself.
On her third day of evidence to the Horizon IT Inquiry, the former Post Office boss said she “believed” she was asking the right questions about the Horizon system but accepted she “may not have” as she was not an IT expert.
Sam Stein KC said: “Ms Vennells, you’re not stupid. You studied French, Russian, business as a degree. You then worked for well-known companies in the UK - Whitbread, Argos, others.
“You rose through the ranks of the Post Office to become its CEO. You were pushing forward under network transformation. You’ve been quoted as saying that you want and you see a future of the Post Office opening up more branches, 30,000 branches in the future.
“That was you, Ms Vennells, at the time. A vision you were expressing to everyone that asked about what you could see for the future. And yet here, all of these facts were adding up to there being a real problem, a really difficult problem to chew over, right the way through 2013.
“And you failed didn’t you? You failed to get into this, on your account, you failed to ask the right questions. You couldn’t be bothered, could you Ms Vennells? The risk was too great. Looking under that rock, you’re going to find a problem, it’s going to devastate the Post Office. Ruin it. And you couldn’t let that happen, could you Ms Vennells?”
The former chief executive said “I loved the Post Office”, after which she grew emotional and paused to compose herself.
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  • @EricTViking
    @EricTViking24 күн бұрын

    Let us remember who the real victims are here, and she isn't one of them.

  • @Ian-lx1iz

    @Ian-lx1iz

    24 күн бұрын

    Oh she IS. Don't forget that she had to hand back her CBE. Crucifying for her. Lord be praised though, that she got to keep all the multi-million pound bonuses ..or otherwise she wouldn't have been able to give that £100 to the Church roof fund!

  • @adriancoppin977

    @adriancoppin977

    24 күн бұрын

    …and never will be. She’s got mates in high places. The good news is that when Shariah law has taken over the UK, she won’t stand a chance.

  • @MikeAG333

    @MikeAG333

    24 күн бұрын

    @@adriancoppin977 Toddle off to whatever dark corner of the internet you normally inhabit where such stupidity is acceptable.

  • @Hadrian363

    @Hadrian363

    24 күн бұрын

    ​@@Ian-lx1izbonuses plus multimillion pension.

  • @iamthedalilama

    @iamthedalilama

    24 күн бұрын

    Oh boo hoo every 5 mins so people feel sorry for her. She’ll be back home tonight counting her ill gotten cash. Unlike the real victims who lost everything.

  • @DuncanPlant-px4tu
    @DuncanPlant-px4tu24 күн бұрын

    Compulsive liar

  • @aethellstan

    @aethellstan

    24 күн бұрын

    she's not a compulsive liar, she's simply lying to save her own skin. which is why this sorry affair happened because she was saving her position at the company.

  • @margaretblack8303

    @margaretblack8303

    24 күн бұрын

    Absolute rubbish. Plenty of money and doesn’t care.

  • @normankennith7919

    @normankennith7919

    24 күн бұрын

    no more tears! enough is enough!! vennells has got more blubber than a whale!!!

  • @stephencook3384

    @stephencook3384

    24 күн бұрын

    Paula hasn’t got the ability to sweat

  • @user-lm4mn3yr2h

    @user-lm4mn3yr2h

    23 күн бұрын

    ‘C’ Movie Actress 😖

  • @Eppideem
    @Eppideem24 күн бұрын

    A knighthood for Alan Bates. Jail for her. Full compensation for all the Postmasters.

  • @dennisconstantine624

    @dennisconstantine624

    21 күн бұрын

    This is one of the biggest corporate corruption scandals I can remember in a long time, and the hierarchy new about this right from the onset, a long jail term for them and large compensation for the postmasters needed.

  • @philb4462

    @philb4462

    20 күн бұрын

    Some of that compensation should come from the sale of her mansion and from any pension she gets from her time at the Post Office.

  • @daizyflower272

    @daizyflower272

    20 күн бұрын

    That won't do any good for the shares.

  • @TheMak445

    @TheMak445

    20 күн бұрын

    Also should be banned from Public service in the church also.

  • @yvonnebraybrooke5842

    @yvonnebraybrooke5842

    19 күн бұрын

    There is no jail time though. All these people suffered and this is JUST an inquiry no jail. Its scandalous. 😡

  • @Grover91
    @Grover9121 күн бұрын

    She's only crying because she's being exposed. She's crying for herself, and that is all.

  • @Bigaitch

    @Bigaitch

    5 күн бұрын

    Spot on. Crying because she's been rumbled, not because of the impact on others.

  • @kitersrefuge7353
    @kitersrefuge735324 күн бұрын

    "...I never put the post office in front of the lives of the postmasters". This is a blatant lie.

  • @margaretblack8303

    @margaretblack8303

    24 күн бұрын

    With as many problems why did they not gather that something was very wrong.

  • @alidabaxter5849

    @alidabaxter5849

    24 күн бұрын

    Only one of so many other lies

  • @BeardLAD

    @BeardLAD

    24 күн бұрын

    That’s the cleverness creeping through: she’s not lying (technically not, but in reality: ‘yes’), because in her mind is held the plausible narrative that she was motivated by ‘some other unknown reason’, and she simply decided there & then that she didn’t put the PO before her victims, because she doesn’t ‘know’. The mind of a snake would be less evil, if at all - a snake 🐍 just ‘is’.

  • @garywilson1235

    @garywilson1235

    24 күн бұрын

    How the sudden large number of discrepancies, in all the different Sub Postmasters accounts, didn’t put up a red flag to PO hierarchy is incomprehensible. They couldn’t all have their hand in the till, could they? The only common factor being the IT system. People should be held to account, by serving prison sentences for this shameful cover up.

  • @CL-un9gg

    @CL-un9gg

    24 күн бұрын

    @@garywilson1235& for every coverup that exhonerated themselves & ruined someone else’s life.

  • @jezwaters2773
    @jezwaters277324 күн бұрын

    Wasn't upset when she lied about knowing the issues and when she sent innocent people to prison and ruined their lives.

  • @StellaAsh

    @StellaAsh

    24 күн бұрын

    And Fujitsu has just been given another govt. contract -

  • @denise4487

    @denise4487

    24 күн бұрын

    The ones who are dead cant cry either and shes sat there feeling sorry FOR HERSELF

  • @katrinabillings7011

    @katrinabillings7011

    24 күн бұрын

    Yes! The tears are much too late,

  • @MM.-qo7pk

    @MM.-qo7pk

    24 күн бұрын

    The Parliament/government UK needs to bring in laws to protect the consumers and the public, and more broadly, to protect everyone against this type of criminal activities and fraudulent activities by CEOs, board of directors, managers, fraud investigators, law firms, etc. Laws will make these criminals accountable for their actions in the uk and overseas !

  • @karinberryman2009

    @karinberryman2009

    23 күн бұрын

    They were sent to prison??? Excuse me I’m an Aussie.

  • @michaelvout7813
    @michaelvout781323 күн бұрын

    Please, please, if there is any justice - this dreadful woman must be held accountable

  • @andyiswonderful
    @andyiswonderful24 күн бұрын

    The fact that there were 12,000-15000 calls per month to the help desk by postmasters about the faulty Horizon system, and the callers were lied to, and told that no one else had been reporting problems, tells me that the Post Office was engaged in a huge cover up. Vennells must have known.

  • @robertdarby6553
    @robertdarby655324 күн бұрын

    Lock her up.

  • @ArjunGhag-ix7te

    @ArjunGhag-ix7te

    24 күн бұрын

    Starmer let off Jimmy Savile as proven by MoS expose' by Dan Hodges. Savile got away with it. Rich & woke get away with it a lot. So Will Vennells get a life sentance?

  • @MikeAG333

    @MikeAG333

    24 күн бұрын

    I presume you just forgot to mention "after a fair trial", right? Otherwise, it's hard to sound more like Trump if you tried.

  • @user-ll1rr5ld2g

    @user-ll1rr5ld2g

    24 күн бұрын

    ​@@MikeAG333trump 2024 😊🖕

  • @Coneman3

    @Coneman3

    24 күн бұрын

    You mean like the Post Office did??

  • @MikeAG333

    @MikeAG333

    24 күн бұрын

    @@Coneman3 Look, I'm no defender of the Post Office, but they didn't lock anyone up. They prosecuted people (unfairly and possibly illegally), but the British judicial system locked people up, not the PO.

  • @kimbo194
    @kimbo19424 күн бұрын

    if she cried until the day she dies, her tears would only be a puddle compared to the lake cried by sub postmasters and their families

  • @peterdunn3564

    @peterdunn3564

    23 күн бұрын

    But if you look at when she cried it was, I believe, after the person posing the questions pointed out that she was afraid to acknowledge the truth because of her love of the post office. It sounds ridiculous to us, but that was what made her cry - the post office!

  • @whoshatwat

    @whoshatwat

    23 күн бұрын

    @@peterdunn3564I I hope she loves the prison service as much.

  • @jenniferfirkins1390

    @jenniferfirkins1390

    21 күн бұрын

    I think it was her PO salary that she loved and the prestige of her position. I wonder what her salary is. Perhaps she could donate her pension to those who have suffered destitution and heartbreak?

  • @rw953

    @rw953

    21 күн бұрын

    @@jenniferfirkins1390£700k a year apparently, plus the bonus they all made from the overpayment from the Subpostmasters shortfall, which there never was-about £3m allegedly…

  • @dawnrogers723

    @dawnrogers723

    18 күн бұрын

    That would be the first step to being genuine, and truly sorry!

  • @johnmorris5198
    @johnmorris519824 күн бұрын

    She's just trying to come across as a CEO who has been misled by her colleagues - trying to save face. She fought tooth & nail against her postmasters. She deserves to go to jail.

  • @wickedwitchoftheeast88

    @wickedwitchoftheeast88

    23 күн бұрын

    Not to mention breaking her promises to parliment and going back on her word she had every opportunity to do the right thing she chose not to she could avoided all of this if she had bloody listened and done something. Her crocodile tears are a slap in the face and an insult to the subpostmasters who actually suffered and had their lives destroyed

  • @denis888red

    @denis888red

    22 күн бұрын

    Tooth and nail. Exactly. Tooth and flippin' nail. Disingenuous, underhand creep and with clearly not a shred of compassion. Sickening.

  • @conorsmith8551

    @conorsmith8551

    21 күн бұрын

    But she has God on her side /s

  • @coppershark1973
    @coppershark197323 күн бұрын

    I’m not an expert on IT systems. NEITHER WERE THE WRONGLY CONVICTED! The irony is off the charts here. She needs jail time, they all bloody do.

  • @john-paulscott3009

    @john-paulscott3009

    22 күн бұрын

    Or the IT ‘experts’ at Fujitsu

  • @susivarga7303

    @susivarga7303

    21 күн бұрын

    Didn't they notify the PO? ​@@john-paulscott3009

  • @honeybadger6313

    @honeybadger6313

    21 күн бұрын

    0

  • @nattyco
    @nattyco24 күн бұрын

    She earned millions while working for the Post Office. She should be made to pay the money back to her victims.

  • @margaretblack8303

    @margaretblack8303

    24 күн бұрын

    Definitely

  • @alidabaxter5849

    @alidabaxter5849

    24 күн бұрын

    But many are dead now.

  • @leanatale7251

    @leanatale7251

    24 күн бұрын

    And sell everything she has, to pay back the post masters that ended up in prison.

  • @robertedward9456

    @robertedward9456

    23 күн бұрын

    @@alidabaxter5849they have family members

  • @chrisgibson4140

    @chrisgibson4140

    23 күн бұрын

    She’d cry a lot more and real tears if she had to pay her money to the Post masters.

  • @MichaelCrazyLEDs
    @MichaelCrazyLEDs24 күн бұрын

    Think how many postal workers did nothing wrong and broke down for real. If this woman does not see jail after bullying innocent people then everyone in this room is as guilty.

  • @IrishSchaller

    @IrishSchaller

    24 күн бұрын

    Not only her though, she is 'the buck stops here' person, there are a few others who are just as if not more, culpable than she is.

  • @MichaelCrazyLEDs

    @MichaelCrazyLEDs

    24 күн бұрын

    @@IrishSchaller yes, she has obviously been thrown under the bus to some degree, but she was more than happy to assist in the prosecutions. In my eyes the blame runs via various MPs and the Monarch as nothing happens in government without the monarchs approval or disapproval

  • @iangillon6981

    @iangillon6981

    24 күн бұрын

    Spot on.

  • @StellaAsh

    @StellaAsh

    24 күн бұрын

    She'll be protected by some 'rule' or other

  • @seanhaywood4597

    @seanhaywood4597

    24 күн бұрын

    her defence team will probebly argue that she wont get a fair trial in court because of all the publicity this has attracted, she needs locking up

  • @grannytakesatrip1128
    @grannytakesatrip112824 күн бұрын

    Breaks down because she feels sorry for herself, and not for the Post Office Horizon systems victims, which she pursued with a vengeance through the courts.

  • @kennethwalsh8804
    @kennethwalsh880423 күн бұрын

    You didn't look under the Rock, because you didn't want to see what was there. The KC, is 100% Spot on.

  • @bettyjones8363
    @bettyjones836324 күн бұрын

    She went for the postmasters and postmistresses with venom. She had absolutely no qualms about destroying them. Shame on her.

  • @margaretblack8303

    @margaretblack8303

    24 күн бұрын

    How true.

  • @robinx4231

    @robinx4231

    24 күн бұрын

    She literally has no shame. To ask her to be shameful is extremely hopeful. One of the most highly qualified and business experienced CEO in the land. She cries because she is frustrated with being told she's wrong. Something that's never happened to her. She is deceptive and cold. That much is clear in regards her consistent history up to being found out.

  • @jackiemadden4024

    @jackiemadden4024

    23 күн бұрын

    She’s a compulsive liar she’s blaming others for her own incompetence she has to go to jail and her pension has to be stopped she is venomous

  • @capt.bart.roberts4975
    @capt.bart.roberts497524 күн бұрын

    And more crocodile tears, for herself.

  • @MichaelEnright-gk6yc
    @MichaelEnright-gk6yc23 күн бұрын

    Her Husband was an IT expert for Gods sake.

  • @alancooke1131

    @alancooke1131

    22 күн бұрын

    Exactly. I have no doubt she told him what is going on with Horizon and he told her. She decided to ignore it or worse.

  • @elainewilkes1937
    @elainewilkes193723 күн бұрын

    Hundreds of Postmasters all started stealing from the Post office at the same time!!!!....just after the commencement of a new System starting and no alarm bells rang in the heads of the People in charge....Do me a Favor!!!

  • @dennisconstantine624

    @dennisconstantine624

    23 күн бұрын

    Exactly, total denial and B/S

  • @youthinkthatsgood

    @youthinkthatsgood

    19 күн бұрын

    Exactly you said it in a,nutshell they are completely wicked

  • @john33117
    @john3311724 күн бұрын

    She's a bully that's been called out.

  • @brianfreeman8290
    @brianfreeman829024 күн бұрын

    Who on earth decided she was qualified for this job?

  • @BenjiBoy09

    @BenjiBoy09

    24 күн бұрын

    That's the thing, her lies contradict her qualifications. There's no way she was this incompetent, she's a blatant liar.

  • @auldflyer

    @auldflyer

    24 күн бұрын

    Best Question to Date: As Yet Unanswered.....

  • @nevisscot7697

    @nevisscot7697

    24 күн бұрын

    Like most workforces .incompetence prevails

  • @thepinkpanther7434

    @thepinkpanther7434

    24 күн бұрын

    she's qualified to smirk and lie

  • @_Ben4810

    @_Ben4810

    24 күн бұрын

    That really needs to be investigated into...just who were the persons who suggested, interviewed, rated & approved her appointment.

  • @gizzingaj2701
    @gizzingaj270124 күн бұрын

    Put this women in jail all those post masters suffered or are no longer with us. She covered up one of the biggest scandles of recent times. Guilt is shown all across her face. JAIL with immediate effect.

  • @jackieporter5323

    @jackieporter5323

    23 күн бұрын

    It will be corporate responsibility.

  • @DS9TREK

    @DS9TREK

    22 күн бұрын

    You don't think we should hold a trial beforehand?

  • @yousnotright
    @yousnotright24 күн бұрын

    If she doesn't go to prison for at least 5 years, people can see the two tier system we have in the UK.

  • @user-hv7kt9zc3m
    @user-hv7kt9zc3m24 күн бұрын

    Ladies and gentlemen a compulsive liar

  • @margaretblack8303

    @margaretblack8303

    24 күн бұрын

    With plenty of cash.

  • @Plethorality

    @Plethorality

    23 күн бұрын

    No. A deliberate, unrepentant, merciless liar.

  • @johnreed8336

    @johnreed8336

    21 күн бұрын

    Congenital liar . The worst sort .

  • @DD-lc5ts
    @DD-lc5ts24 күн бұрын

    Should be crying in jail, but will instead be crying all the way to her large bank account and pension.

  • @lesknapper7965
    @lesknapper796524 күн бұрын

    She wasn't crying when she was collecting her huge salary ...........and bonuses ! Prison prison prison

  • @fairyfizz3102
    @fairyfizz310223 күн бұрын

    Self serving, callous, cold and believes her own lies. She has no shame and the tears will never repair the damage she did to so many innocent peoples lives

  • @tinkertailor1436
    @tinkertailor143624 күн бұрын

    Should be behind bars.

  • @johnday6392

    @johnday6392

    24 күн бұрын

    If you think, for one moment, she is going to jail for this, then you don't know how the establishment in this country works!

  • @tomjones8715
    @tomjones871524 күн бұрын

    Prosecutions went up 2000percent when horizon came in… Ask her how she didn’t spot that…

  • @mattp7136

    @mattp7136

    24 күн бұрын

    That fed the paranoia of those in charge, who believe everyone is on the thieve, likely as they are/were, and are of a class that don't like sharing! Add in the ability to wield the full weight of the state with impunity, it appealed to their ego's too......this is a snapshot for me to how the state actually operates across the board, very unsettling.

  • @marknaylor9394

    @marknaylor9394

    24 күн бұрын

    bang on...how on earth!!!!

  • @tomjones8715

    @tomjones8715

    24 күн бұрын

    @@mattp7136 fair point..,but these people (one of whom is a friend), were background checked to the max…

  • @calmac6644

    @calmac6644

    24 күн бұрын

    Stevie Wonder would have seen that

  • @Norfolkbiker50

    @Norfolkbiker50

    23 күн бұрын

    I was saying this morning that the police need to take a closer look at the horizon employees, vennells is vile but this was happening a long time before her tenure.

  • @stephencave187
    @stephencave18724 күн бұрын

    Crocodile tears. She should be prosecuted for gross negligence if at all possible. 😡

  • @chrisfell5073
    @chrisfell507324 күн бұрын

    She did her best? Well if you are incompetent and unqualified then you are going to fail. Relying on other people is a cop out and indicates she was not up the job. She lied and denied her own written correspondence. Horizon was flawed from 1999.

  • @frankomahony9146

    @frankomahony9146

    21 күн бұрын

    That's the same excuse used at Nuremburg

  • @ExTeachersClub
    @ExTeachersClub24 күн бұрын

    She knows she 's talking rubbish. So do we.

  • @karenlightandlove655

    @karenlightandlove655

    24 күн бұрын

    shes being schooled by her barristers etc

  • @margaretblack8303

    @margaretblack8303

    24 күн бұрын

    Lying through her teeth. Her money is not affected

  • @nathanlewis42
    @nathanlewis4224 күн бұрын

    Finally someone is questioning her properly. The others have been ridiculously soft in their questioning.

  • @gerardphillips7507
    @gerardphillips750723 күн бұрын

    How on earth was this woman appointed to a job with such responsibilities? Box ticking perhaps!

  • @davidkendrick7167
    @davidkendrick716723 күн бұрын

    For a woman of the cloth the lord is not on her side and neither is the country when does inquest is finished this woman should go to jail for a long long time

  • @frankomahony9146

    @frankomahony9146

    21 күн бұрын

    Don't trust anyone connected to any religion. They're all corrupt

  • @thepinkpanther7434
    @thepinkpanther743424 күн бұрын

    the victims are the Postmasters, who she persecuted, stole from and drove to suicide

  • @jamesrashbrook9485
    @jamesrashbrook948524 күн бұрын

    Ignorance is not defence in law only mitigation,jail her

  • @silvasnow3861

    @silvasnow3861

    23 күн бұрын

    I think that's the card she's playing. Ignorance and stupidity... Hoping that she can't go to jail for that rather than blatant lying and cover up.

  • @beverley850
    @beverley85021 күн бұрын

    She's crying for herself ,not the actual victims of this wrongdoing. I hope she is prosecuted along with the other hierarchy who allowed this to happen and even worse attempted to cover it up.

  • @user-py9vz6qx2h
    @user-py9vz6qx2h24 күн бұрын

    These people should face criminal charges and if convicted lose their pensions as well as serve any sentence handed down

  • @windyworm
    @windyworm24 күн бұрын

    I expect she consoles herself by looking at the £4.5m salary slips gained while these people were being victimised.

  • @margaretblack8303

    @margaretblack8303

    24 күн бұрын

    True

  • @capt.bart.roberts4975
    @capt.bart.roberts497524 күн бұрын

    And the silence speaks volumes. Another person promoted well above their pay grade.

  • @leonhughes134
    @leonhughes13424 күн бұрын

    A disgrace. As a CEO and as a human being.

  • @garryc1110
    @garryc111024 күн бұрын

    Her Bank Accounts should be scrutinised. Look for payments from Fujitsu Corp and their associates

  • @derekwilcox2202
    @derekwilcox220224 күн бұрын

    This woman and her cronies should be paying the people who were wrongly blamed for this fiasco 😡😡😡😡

  • @crazyhai8155

    @crazyhai8155

    23 күн бұрын

    Yeah, they should. But it is the taxpayer paying the compensation. Despite all the millions she received, for presiding over this farce.

  • @kevinglennon7789

    @kevinglennon7789

    23 күн бұрын

    Sorry Derek, not just paying these people back for what was stollen from them, but jailed for life, given their actions drove so many to suicide! That is Murder in my book!

  • @leroysimon5692

    @leroysimon5692

    23 күн бұрын

    👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾

  • @sooty1410
    @sooty141024 күн бұрын

    If somebody suggests that over 900 of your postmasters are embezzling (according to the software), your first reaction should be to look at the software, NOT bring 900 prosecutions against your staff.!! FFS!!!

  • @InaMacallan

    @InaMacallan

    22 күн бұрын

    And your second reaction should be to look at the checks carried out when they were employed and ask why, if they were untrustworthy, they were given the job in the first place.

  • @jillmortlock8439

    @jillmortlock8439

    21 күн бұрын

    Ikr. Surely your first thought would be, that doesn't sound right. All at the same time, after a new system?? If she is as smart as she obviously thinks she is, those are the first questions anyone with half a brain would be asking. She didn't care, she didn't want to know. Still doesn't.

  • @irwinsaltzman979

    @irwinsaltzman979

    20 күн бұрын

    Thank you

  • @yvonnebraybrooke5842

    @yvonnebraybrooke5842

    19 күн бұрын

    Her excuse is the post office was so big how did she know how many? How she gets away with this I have no idea? 😡

  • @joeyb5648
    @joeyb564824 күн бұрын

    What's awful is that, had it not been for the dogged determination of others, despite all her apologies, she'd still be swanning about in her religious robes in her multi-million pound home while all of those postmasters either rot in jail or struggled alone to rebuild their lives.

  • @davidmolyneaux5062
    @davidmolyneaux506223 күн бұрын

    Absolutely incompetent. How the hell did she get such a high powered job??

  • @chattyman4740
    @chattyman474024 күн бұрын

    Waterboarding wouldn't get the truth out of this monster; she believes her own lies.

  • @mark.lawrence

    @mark.lawrence

    23 күн бұрын

    yes. empathy deleted human being... there is no other explanation.

  • @DS9TREK

    @DS9TREK

    22 күн бұрын

    Because torture gets the truth out of no one. A tortured person will tell you what you want to hear, not the truth.

  • @kevinwebb6338
    @kevinwebb633824 күн бұрын

    I know someone who worked as a post mistress, and went through hell. This has changed her life forever, and she now struggles every day with life. She became bankrupt, and although now employed she is unable to do more than three days. Paula Vennals needs to be in prison as this happened in her watch.

  • @JelMain

    @JelMain

    24 күн бұрын

    Common currency with this late Government. Perhaps the Post Office SubPostmasters can put some candidates up for the election?

  • @alanpoole6064
    @alanpoole606424 күн бұрын

    How has this woman held an accountable position in a large organisation

  • @iamthestog
    @iamthestog21 күн бұрын

    Crocodile tears. She must go to jail for fraud and destroying so many lives and livelihoods.

  • @pauls3075
    @pauls307524 күн бұрын

    This is a woman who has never been held accountable for her wrong actions. I bet she doesnt even understand why she is on trial.

  • @user-wy1fy4xb1q

    @user-wy1fy4xb1q

    24 күн бұрын

    It is enqiry, she is not on trial. That may come later.

  • @Cheezwizzz

    @Cheezwizzz

    21 күн бұрын

    No she won’t, none of them ever do. A few tears a few empty apologies and then it’s back to her comfortable lifestyle, no shame amongst the elite

  • @MultiOpolis
    @MultiOpolis24 күн бұрын

    She recovered from those tears pretty quickly didnt she

  • @karenlightandlove655

    @karenlightandlove655

    24 күн бұрын

    turns on and off like a tap

  • @memyself717

    @memyself717

    24 күн бұрын

    Most sociopaths can do that.

  • @TheArgieH

    @TheArgieH

    24 күн бұрын

    Possibly accidentally dropped the sliced onion.

  • @johnreed8336

    @johnreed8336

    21 күн бұрын

    Crocodile tears ?

  • @stephenfowlie742
    @stephenfowlie74224 күн бұрын

    No remorse and no accountability...this is why the country is in the state it is currently in!

  • @mr.jamesdavidrobert2115
    @mr.jamesdavidrobert211521 күн бұрын

    She paid herself a bonus with the money she stole from employees and then prosecuted for theft.

  • @user-dj6zv9hd8j
    @user-dj6zv9hd8j24 күн бұрын

    She was the 'Boss' being paid the Big Bucks...the responsibility is hers. Simple.

  • @margaretblack8303

    @margaretblack8303

    24 күн бұрын

    You are so right.

  • @Mandeley100
    @Mandeley10024 күн бұрын

    Tears of self-pity are rarely appealing. Miss Vennells has behaved appallingly both in office and at this inquiry and must now face the consequences of her actions.

  • @john-paulscott3009

    @john-paulscott3009

    22 күн бұрын

    Never going to happen, she will be protected by the civil servants

  • @IggyGoesPop666
    @IggyGoesPop66623 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!

  • @belong53
    @belong5321 күн бұрын

    She loved the power and the salary, its sickening to watch her

  • @sphughes01
    @sphughes0124 күн бұрын

    Vennells is also not answering the questions. She is merely answering the questions that she wants to be asked ...

  • @A_random_nerd_with_braces
    @A_random_nerd_with_braces24 күн бұрын

    Those tears are not for the hundreds who suffered under her leadership.

  • @margaretblack8303

    @margaretblack8303

    24 күн бұрын

    It’s because she has been caught and questioned

  • @lynnstrange3819

    @lynnstrange3819

    23 күн бұрын

    Exactly!!! She is crying for herself. Not for anyone affected. Feeling sad for the Post Office organisation not for what has gone wrong or how lives have been ruined. She has only ever protected the Post Office and herself not anything else.

  • @qcode-2208
    @qcode-220824 күн бұрын

    If justice is not seen to be carried out to the fullest, I think with the current distrust in government and its health lies there will be a massive public uprising that they have never seen before

  • @stanthemafia
    @stanthemafia24 күн бұрын

    She has to serve jail time. She’s not fooling me.

  • @mrschapman632
    @mrschapman63224 күн бұрын

    How on earth does anyone rise to the top and burst into tears when questioned. Very unprofessional like her behaviour towards her victims

  • @utopia3161
    @utopia316123 күн бұрын

    She is a L I A R., L I A R,, SHE KNEW, AND SHE WANTED TO PUNISH THE POST MASTERS, ONLY IN IT FOR HER SELF. MISSY GOODY, THIS IS A MINISTER , CROCODILE TEARS

  • @sassijay
    @sassijay23 күн бұрын

    Let people down? This woman is a serial killer. Why is she even allowed to speak?

  • @markgrunzweig6377
    @markgrunzweig637724 күн бұрын

    You failed, just admit it. The longer you drag it out, the worse it will be for EVERYBODY!!!

  • @margaretblack8303

    @margaretblack8303

    24 күн бұрын

    No chance will she admit wrong doing.

  • @Plethorality

    @Plethorality

    23 күн бұрын

    She does not care about anybody else. If you have not worked that out by now, get help.

  • @j.p77
    @j.p7724 күн бұрын

    Lying through her teeth.

  • @carolynanderson6183
    @carolynanderson618324 күн бұрын

    OMG she is spouting outright lies and needs to be held to account. She deserves a very long prison sentence. She will probably get a slap on the wrist and another directorship.

  • @Yomi-san
    @Yomi-san24 күн бұрын

    Deluded then and still believes her own fantasy. She appears to be struggling to see just how wrong and blinkered she was. Any averagely intelligent person would see the feedback from the people on the ground and have it investigated with swift understanding that it was a faulty system and not a sudden huge increase in fraud.

  • @sandrahibbert8982
    @sandrahibbert898224 күн бұрын

    Here we go again that crocodile has been busy .

  • @enigma1000
    @enigma100024 күн бұрын

    Incompetent? Delusional? Dishonest with no integrity? Poor judgement? All of these?

  • @Plethorality

    @Plethorality

    23 күн бұрын

    No. Deliberate, .merciless, lying con woman. if i were merely incompetent, i would have handed back the money. But she kept it, and continued lying. That is deliberate.

  • @john-paulscott3009

    @john-paulscott3009

    22 күн бұрын

    Not at all! Every decision made was with full intent

  • @mungomuff9716

    @mungomuff9716

    22 күн бұрын

    And she's supposed to be deeply religious...

  • @TherymasterWidnes
    @TherymasterWidnes21 күн бұрын

    Jail this creature!

  • @colincourageous699
    @colincourageous69923 күн бұрын

    Just lie after lie I hope she never sees the light of day again.

  • @allwrighty100
    @allwrighty10024 күн бұрын

    Difficult to watch when you know the post office 'investigators' were giving the sub postmasters a harder time than she's getting. She's sobbing through self-pity not sorrow for the persecuted.

  • @stevenptew

    @stevenptew

    24 күн бұрын

    Excellent point. Nor did the sub postmasters get the legal representation she has at her disposal.

  • @alidabaxter5849

    @alidabaxter5849

    24 күн бұрын

    Nobody has gone into her home ransacking it for hidden money, which was what happened to innocent sub posters. Bully boys visited a woman in hospital, suffering a mental breakdown, because they didn't believe even the doctors. This woman is inhuman.

  • @Plethorality

    @Plethorality

    23 күн бұрын

    Tears are manipulation. Nothing more.

  • @kenparkes7025
    @kenparkes702524 күн бұрын

    many criminals cry when caught

  • @margaretblack8303

    @margaretblack8303

    24 күн бұрын

    It’s certainly not because she is sorry.

  • @fc4660

    @fc4660

    24 күн бұрын

    Yes, it’s self-pity

  • @getheroutofthetruck

    @getheroutofthetruck

    23 күн бұрын

    Thatcher, Theresa May.

  • @alannarutter5033
    @alannarutter503324 күн бұрын

    It's a shame that some leaders are afraid or not assertive enough to ask questions and demand answers, but being cowardly to let others take the blame...so shameful! 😖

  • @mrmyorky5634
    @mrmyorky563423 күн бұрын

    Interesting how Paula Vennells is looking at the floor and her eyes are darting everywhere but at the questioner? Any Psychologist or policeman would automatically equate that with telling Lies.

  • @jon780249
    @jon78024924 күн бұрын

    Simply not credible, obfuscating, deflecting, diverting, acting as if she doesn’t understand the question and portrays herself as almost never informed.

  • @alanpoole6064

    @alanpoole6064

    24 күн бұрын

    Reminds you of the German soldiers in the war didn’t know about the holocaust until they were caught she didn’t know because she didn’t won’t to know

  • @leroysimon5692

    @leroysimon5692

    23 күн бұрын

    👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾

  • @neil1997

    @neil1997

    22 күн бұрын

    What's most likely... Taking back handers from fujitsu and protecting her fat bonus payments through a cunning scheme they all worked up to hang blame on the "little guys"

  • @keithbate9405

    @keithbate9405

    22 күн бұрын

    @@alanpoole6064 Except she did know. The emails and documentation prove that

  • @superbia75es
    @superbia75es24 күн бұрын

    Liar. In plain sight.

  • @DavidGetling
    @DavidGetling24 күн бұрын

    When are we going to see this wicked, evil woman jailed?

  • @michaelsayell241
    @michaelsayell24124 күн бұрын

    Self pity & crocodile tears from a compulsive liar, she should repay every penny she was paid & then jailed

  • @georgekellett2255
    @georgekellett225524 күн бұрын

    Lies, contradictions, cover-ups. Shocking.

  • @MichaelSmith-ns8ow
    @MichaelSmith-ns8ow24 күн бұрын

    No amount of Money will compensate. If the Judges don’t jail Her then there’s no reason to justice. No help will be given.

  • @mikewilson8513

    @mikewilson8513

    24 күн бұрын

    This isn't a court of law. Its an enquiry. Unfortunately what you advocate is not possible at this time.

  • @valerietorreggiani9973
    @valerietorreggiani997323 күн бұрын

    Watching years ago I would say that she just wasn’t prepared to listen! High handed!

  • @davidhughes1893
    @davidhughes189323 күн бұрын

    She’s a disgrace and example of how an individual can secure a position of authority without any comprehension of what leadership involves. She still demonstrates that she will deflect and defer blame to others to save herself. For this reason she should be held to account

  • @johnstirling6597
    @johnstirling659724 күн бұрын

    Poor woman, she was only paid 14,000 pounds a week to not know anything. She was probably far too busy calculating her bonuses and pension schemes to do her job!

  • @Plethorality

    @Plethorality

    23 күн бұрын

    Those who let her continue are guilty too. But she belongs in gaol. No parole.

  • @user-hv7kt9zc3m
    @user-hv7kt9zc3m24 күн бұрын

    Oh look shes crying because she was found out again

  • @user-yo5sg8zz3u
    @user-yo5sg8zz3u23 күн бұрын

    Tears of “oh bugger, I’ve been made to look guilty”

  • @seanhayes9769
    @seanhayes976923 күн бұрын

    This person has blood on their hands

  • @user-bl4xm6nq3v
    @user-bl4xm6nq3v24 күн бұрын

    If she says she was not an IT expert so why should she not ask questions? She is lying.

  • @user-ns8ug1pv5p

    @user-ns8ug1pv5p

    24 күн бұрын

    Well neither am I , or most of us watching this. You don't have to be mensa intelligent to know what should have been queried and bought to light. Cover up, short and simple. Absolute disgrace. She's not as stupid as people think, just totally complicit.

  • @terrymacneill7555

    @terrymacneill7555

    23 күн бұрын

    and you don't need a weather man to tell you it's raining!

  • @rosebud-ame
    @rosebud-ame24 күн бұрын

    I am an older American and this case is shocking to me, but then again, GREED is all around the world. R.I.P. to all the people whose lives were ruined and to those who are no longer on this earth because of this horrendous tragedy.

  • @crazyhai8155

    @crazyhai8155

    21 күн бұрын

    I think it's shocking to anybody around the world, who has any morals. This woman was raised about 20 miles from me. And she has never done any harm to me, personally. But my goodness, she has deeply offended my sense of justice. As is the case, for another 1.2 million who signed the petition, to remove her CBE. And normally there's at least some small support for an accused person, even when the majority are against them. But here - NOBODY (from the uninvolved general public) is supporting them. Every YT comment condemns them. That's how uniformly they have disgusted people. And she's STILL lying, in a weak effort to avoid criminal prosecution. Even though not even a senior businesswoman (Moya Green - CEO of Royal Mail, whilst Vennells was CEO of the Post Office) believes her. They'd been close, but Moya Green sent Vennells some shocked text messages, saying she (Green) no longer believed or supported Vennells.

  • @davel5845
    @davel584523 күн бұрын

    If my car keeps refusing to start I don’t have to be a mechanic to know there’s something wrong with it.

  • @andywhitehouse1425
    @andywhitehouse142524 күн бұрын

    Happy to take the big salary and bonus. Didn't give a **** about anyone else apart from herself. Found out and now coughing and spluttering. Prison time for her and her chums.

  • @kenhardy8405
    @kenhardy840524 күн бұрын

    Sir Ed Davey Also Didn’t Ask the Right Questions when approached by Alan Bates, instead he fobbed him off. Well done Lord Arbuthnot for championing the Sub Postmasters.

  • @DS9TREK

    @DS9TREK

    22 күн бұрын

    To be fair, Sir Ed did ask the questions and was given lies in response. His mistake was to believe the PO

  • @markgrunzweig6377
    @markgrunzweig637724 күн бұрын

    You are the top person, you are responsible!!!! Harry Truman had a sign on his desk as president: "The Buck Stops Here"!!!

  • @georgemorley1029

    @georgemorley1029

    24 күн бұрын

    It’s more than responsible. It’s “accountable”.

  • @passenger6735
    @passenger673521 күн бұрын

    She failed in her role as CEO but she was quite happy to take the salary. She has an occasional outburst of crocodile tears but in my opinion she is responsible for all the hurt she has caused. She has blood on her hands. Jail time is a suitable reward now for her and her, equally callous side kick. The only thing she is sorry about is getting found out.

  • @PATRICKRAMSEY-le9ws
    @PATRICKRAMSEY-le9ws24 күн бұрын

    Why is the public inquiry being held before a criminal case , surely the criminal case should have priority it’s just delaying the inevitable, what will a public inquiry achieve ?

  • @mobsiesixsixsix9785
    @mobsiesixsixsix978524 күн бұрын

    She's crying because she knows she's in deep, deep trouble.

  • @dodahspeak

    @dodahspeak

    24 күн бұрын

    She' probably NOT going to be in deep, deep trouble. When the ehquiry has finnished she will dissapear quietly into obscurity to enjoy the spoils of her very lucrative pensions and invetsments .... for the rest of her days.

  • @Plethorality

    @Plethorality

    23 күн бұрын

    No. It is pure manipulation. She has no remorse, nor fear, nor mercy.

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