'I don't believe a word': Paula Vennells at the Post Office Inquiry
This Is Why
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4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
It's the first time Paula Vennells has spoken publicly in nearly ten years.
The hundreds of wronged Post Office workers, and their families, have been keenly anticipating her evidence, as, on her watch, prosecutions continued, despite mounting evidence that there was something wrong with the system.
On the Sky News Daily, Sarah-Jane Mee has been in Fenny Compton, in the village hall where Alan Bates began his campaign against the Post Office, to meet the sub-postmasters whose lives were ruined by Horizon.
Plus, one former sub-postmistress, Nicole, shares her story for the first time.
Producers: Emma Rae Woodhouse, Soila Apparicio
Editor: Wendy Parker
Podcast Promotion: Jada-Kai Meosa John
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| 1:25.7 | Paula Venors testifies at the inquiry into why so many |
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| 1:36.8 | Alan Bates began his campaign for justice way back in 2009. With me, to watch Vennell's evidence, are a group of sub-postmasters who want answers from |
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