Former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells faced tough questioning on her first day in the witness box at the public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal. Vennells, who was in charge from 2012 to 2019, is accused by sub-postmasters of presiding over a cover-up that led to the wrongful prosecution of over 700 sub-postmasters. Many of these individuals faced financial ruin and some even took…
