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Post Office inquiry live: Angela van den Bogerd shown letter blaming PO for postmaster's death - BBC News Post Office inquiry live: Angela van den Bogerd shown letter blaming PO for postmaster's death - BBC News
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Angela van den Bogerd is asked about an internal document created after a meeting by the Post Office Executive Committee, at which she had not been present. Jacqueline Howard
The inquiry is shown the "context" written in the report, which is consisted of several bullet points. One of them says that the Post Office has no hard power and a minimal influence but was having to pay for the mediation scheme. Reporting from the inquiry
Another bullet point says "hostile stakeholders including those directly engaged in the mediation scheme by the Post Office." The counsel to the inquiry, Jason Beer KC, has wrapped up his questions for the day, and we now turn to questions from lawyers representing former sub-postmasters.
Van den Bogerd says that she didn't put together the report and doesn't recall being approached for her thoughts on its contents. Chair of the inquiry, Sir Wyn Williams, turns to the lawyers awaiting their turn, and asks them to let him know now whether they have any questions that would "make it necessary or desirable" for him to give Van den Bogerd a warning about self-incrimination.
She says the Post Office "never intended" to have hard power or control over the mediation as an independent process was running, and suggests that it was Second Sight, the independent forensic accountants, that were referred to as "hostile". One lawyer answers in the affirmative, and so Sir Wyn reminds Van den Bogerd that she is within her right to refuse to answer any question put to her if there is a risk the answer would incriminate her.
"Were they hostile?" Beer asks. It indicates we are about to shift gears here in the inquiry room, and that Van den Bogerd is about to be put under serious pressure.
"Not to my knowledge, they were challenging. They were independent therefore they were challenging, that's what I expected them to be," she replies.
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