Summary
- Former head of IT at the Post Office blocked ex-chief executive Paula Vennells’ phone number after Vennells sought help to avoid an independent inquiry.
- Vennells contacted Lesley Sewell multiple times in 2020 and 2021 through email, phone calls, and text messages.
- Sewell appeared in front of an inquiry examining the Horizon scandal, where sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted.
- Vennells was seeking assistance regarding a Select Committee appearance and a Court of Appeal hearing related to the Horizon system.
