Former Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson gave evidence to the Post Office Horizon Inquiry on Friday, saying Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells told her “with something of a pained expression” that subpostmasters “had their fingers in the till”.
The ex-postal affairs minister said Ms Vennells was trying to convey the message that “although these might seem to be lovely people, clearly some of them are actually just at it”.
She said she was reassured that Ms Vennells “spoke not only with the standing of a CEO of a major institution, but also with the moral authority of an ordained vicar”.
Ms Swinson, who was postal affairs minister between 2012 and 2015, told the inquiry she recalled “probing Paula Vennells on matters relating to Horizon on several occasions in person”.
She also said Ms Vennells “knew there was a problem with an unsafe witness, and she never told me”.
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