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    Venells sobs as she declares love for Post Office during fierce inquiry grilling

    by Josh Payne May 24, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: PA Media

    Paula Vennells sobbed as she declared her “love” for the Post Office during a fierce grilling at the Horizon IT inquiry.

    The 65-year-old has appeared visibly emotional on all three days as she gave evidence to the probe, and was forced to compose herself after she was accused of being someone who “couldn’t be bothered” to find a problem that would devastate the Post Office.

    During a tearful episode at Aldwych House in central , Ms Vennells admitted she had let subpostmasters down, but claimed her “only motivation was for the best for the Post Office and for the hundreds of postmasters

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