Ex-Post Office chief Paula Vennells has arrived to face the inquiry again, after being stunned into silence and breaking down in tears under questioning yesterday. Meanwhile, former sub-postmaster Alan Bates has said he has 'no sympathy' for Ms Vennells.
Paula Vennells joined the Post Office as group network director in 2007, having begun her business career at Unilever in 1981, later securing management positions at L'Oreal, Dixons, Argos and Whitbread.She grew up in Manchester and studied French and Russian at Bradford University.Between 2002 and 2005 she trained as a Church of England deacon and was ordained as a priest in 2006. Alongside her career, she served at three churches in Bedfordshire.
In December 2019, the High Court case concluded, with Mr Justice Fraser ruling the sub-postmasters should have their convictions quashed and that the Horizon system was to blame for the scandal.Mr Fraser described the Post Office's evidence in the case as 'institutional obstinacy'.After the ruling, Ms Vennells said: 'I am truly sorry for the suffering caused to the 39 sub-postmasters as a result of their convictions which were overturned last week.
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