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The boss at the heart of the Post Office IT scandal made a 'palpably false' statement when she told a minister there was nothing to suggest there had been miscarriages of justice.
Over 15 years, hundreds of postmasters were wrongly convicted, bankrupted or driven out of their jobs after being accused of stealing from their tills.
Following a decade-long fight for justice, a judge ruled that computer glitches were to blame for the 'missing' money, and dozens of victims overturned their convictions for theft and fraud.
The scandal is expected to cost the taxpayer in excess of £250 million in legal fees and compensation.
Yesterday, a law professor told the first open hearing of a public inquiry into the scandal of fresh evidence suggesting Paula Vennells, who was chief executive between 2012 and 2019, made false statements to MPs and a minister after evidence of miscarriages of justice came to light.
The 62-year-old mother-of-two, who is also an ordained priest, has been accused of covering up the scandal and spending more than £30 million of taxpayers' money fighting her former staff in court to conceal the truth.
