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| Post Office inquiry live: Ex-boss Paula Vennells cries and admits evidence to MPs wasn't true - BBC News | Post Office inquiry live: Ex-boss Paula Vennells cries and admits evidence to MPs wasn't true - BBC News |
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| We are back after the break and the inquiry is now being shown a 2013 letter written to Vennells by a sub-postmaster whose Horizon system was showing shortfalls. | |
| The inquiry's lawyer Jason Beer KC is pushing her over how sub-postmasters were being routinely held liable for shortfalls, even where they were saying there must be problems with their computer system. | |
| Vennells says her understanding of the contract with branch managers at the time was that any shortfalls must be "made good". | |
| Beer points out the contract did not say explicitly say that, so asks Vennells why she believed that to be the case. Vennells says she "can't recall" why she thought that. | |
| The lawyer asks what the point of any investigation would be if sub-postmasters had to repay shortfalls anyway. Vennells says that it would be "irresponsible" not to investigate. | |
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