The inquiry saw an email sent to Paula Vennells expressing then-Post Office solicitor's concerns about including Seema Misra's case in the independent review.
Paula Vennells says there were concerns at the Post Office over time and cost of a review into the convictions of sub-postmasters, ITV News' Ellie Pitt reports
She apologised for her actions during the scandal 23 times during her first day of evidence, according to the inquiry’s official transcript. Asked if she shared Ms Crichton's concerns regarding contacting Ms Misra, Ms Vennells told the inquiry: "No." “Whilst I appreciate that the majority of the issues began under previous regimes and you have expressed a genuine willingness to address the concerns that JFSA has been raising, these issues are still continuing.
Ms Vennells agreed that had the Post Office decided to review all prosecutions of false accounting, it “may well have” avoided the “lost decade” until miscarriages of justice involving sub-postmasters were discovered.
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