Vennells booed after inquiry hears she said Horizon victim ‘lacked passion’
Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells was booed by subpostmasters after she was seen describing a Horizon scandal victim as someone who “lacked passion”.
Ms Vennells told colleagues she was “more bored than outraged” at a 2014 BBC One Show programme featuring campaigning subpostmasters.
Former subpostmistress and leading campaigner Jo Hamilton said she doubts the sincerity of the former chief executive’s apology to her, after an email from December 2014 was shown to say she “lacked passion and admitted false accounting on TV”.
The 65-year-old ordained priest apologised directly to Ms Hamilton at the Horizon IT inquiry on Friday – saying: “I’m deeply sorry
