BreakingBreaking news Close breaking news Summary Former top Post Office lawyer Chris Aujard is giving evidence to the Horizon inquiry into how IT failings led to hundreds of wrongful convictions Aujard says in 2013, the management committee wanted to pause all prosecutions – but former chief executive Paula Vennells wanted some to continue Vennells was chief executive between 2012 and 2019 – earlier this year she was stripped of her CBE Earlier we heard from Susan Crichton, who was the Post Office’s general counsel until 2013 She said she had been made to feel like a scapegoat with no choice but to leave the company Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 sub-postmasters were prosecuted because of the faulty system You can watch the inquiry live clicking the ‘play’ button at the top of this page Live Reporting Related Stories The article is in Dutch Tags: #Paula #Vennells wanted Post Office #prosecutions continue #lawyer
