Secret tape shows Paula Vennells was told about problems with Horizon and warned not to cover it up

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Secret tape shows Paula Vennells was told about problems with Horizon and warned not to cover it up
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ITV News has obtained a covert recording revealing a meeting with Paula Vennells in 2013 in which she was told denying Horizon faults was “dangerous”.

ITV News has obtained a covert recording revealing a meeting with Paula Vennells in 2013 in which she was told denying Horizon faults was “dangerous” as Dan Hewitt reports

They were found guilty, partly on the basis that remote access to their branch accounts was not possible, meaning the sub-postmasters were to blame.Some sub-postmasters complained of seeing the numbers on their accounts change in front of their eyes, but when they called the Horizon helpline they were told they were the problem.

The pair said: "When you say they didn't have access to the Horizon system, but actually they were passing entries to live data...that is really dangerous ground. They said: "That sort of what might be interpreted in the press as weasel wording, um, is extremely dangerous. They said: "The action from yesterday is to check who has access throughout that whole Bracknell building. So we’ve taken that away this morning."

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