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What court of appeal? She’s never been charged let alone convicted (yet).

She’s got two more days of this. Been pretty gripping.

We can hope. There’s certainly a lot for CPS to build a case with - IF they are so inclined

Perjury, fraud, even inchoate (conspiracy) offences are all plausible.

^^^^ I.e. give me the answer I want to hear, wink wink.

Inquiry counsel Jason Beer is sticking to questions about Fujitsu's ability to remotely access Horizon accounts in Post Office branches. In one exchange, Beer brings up an email from 2015 - it was sent by Paula Vennells, to ex-Post Office head of IT Lesley Sewell and ex-group communications...

“I didn’t know; and even if I did know it was after I left the company and you can’t prove otherwise”. Not a real quote by the way; just what she is actually saying

But to quote Lionel Hutz there is the truth :nono: and “the truth” :D The truth is she does know, because she’ll have spent hundreds of hours with counsel talking over each and every piece of discovery in advance of this hearing. Every email, meeting minute and memo will have been prepared for...

The thing is, I think I would find this funny if it wasn’t such a serious matter. What you have here is a literal conspiracy by a major public entity, going right to the very top, where hundreds of innocent people have had their lives, reputations and families ruined and taken away from them...

If I was going to come up with my own comment in bad taste, it would be she is simply following the guidance of Peter, who famously said he “couldn’t recall” meeting Jesus three times.

“I can’t recall”. Disgraceful.

I wondered that. Don’t these systems leave digital footprints for basically everything? I mean it’s hardly surprising that Fujitsu have been less than forthcoming with data, but surely digital forensics of the actual Horizon system are sorely lacking in this inquiry so far.

We can still hope. The CPS would never have moved before the inquiry took place anyway. So allowing for the speed of their work, they’ll probably finish reviewing the file some time in 2028 and decide no further action.

Absolutely clinical cross-examination. TELL THE TRUTH VENNELLS.

No statute of limitations for crown court cases in the UK. You’re thinking of America.

BBC: I just caught up with Harjinder Butoy, of Derbyshire, who was wrongfully convicted of stealing £208,000 and served an 18-month term, prompting his Post Office branch to be shut down. He says he's struggling to believe "anything that comes out of her [Vennells'] mouth" and certainly...

Chair of Inquiry, Sir Wyn Williams, tells witnesses before they speak to the inquiry that what they say is on the record and can be used potentially as evidence of a crime. Warns them about self-incrimination and says they have the right to refuse a question rather than self-incriminate or lie...

Yes, the British equivalent of “pleading the fifth” in Inquiries such as this is simply saying “I am not able to answer that question”. However, doing so is obviously a very bad look as it all but implies guilt (whether that’s right or wrong) - especially at an Inquiry where a large part of the...

Now I know this would never happen, but wouldn’t it be great if she was arrested on the steps of the building as she went to leave. :lol:

Perjury and fraud could easily be tested in court, for starters. Given the trove of paper evidence, surely have a jury decide.