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Susan Crichton, the former head lawyer for the Post Office during some of the Horizon prosecutions of sub-postmasters, is shown a note from a meeting between herself and then Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells back in July 2013. More now on the board meeting Crichton was not invited to.
Julian Blake, counsel for the inquiry, asks if this was the first time Crichton had discussed the board meeting she had not been invited to with Vennells. Alice Perkins said she explained to Crichton afterwards that the meeting had developed quickly and it had not been "appropriate" to bring her in. She also said the agenda was packed.
To which Crichton says that was her recollection and that in their meeting, Vennells said "she felt the Second Sight report could have been very damaging for the business". When asked about this, Crichton tells the inquiry her reaction - she says it was "not appropriate" that she had not been included.
She says she "didn't necessarily believe" that the agenda was too packed, and that there was no time to discuss the issue fully.
At no point did she enter the room, she tells the inquiry.
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