’Did you lie?’: Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells cycles away when asked about cover up

The former Post Office boss Paula Vennells refused to answer questions about the Horizon scandal after being seen in public for the first time since a television drama highlighting it aired. Ms Vennells was seen out cycling on Sunday morning and asked whether she had knowingly lied to MPs amid mounting evidence of a cover-up. Leaked recordings have suggested she knew about a “covert operations team” that could remotely access the Horizon system used by sub-postmasters that ultimately resulted in more than 900 wrongful convictions. Channel 4 News filmed Ms Vennells as she left a church cemetery in cycling gear on Sunday morning and asked her whether she had anything to say, and whether she had “lied to MPs” and whether “there had been a cover-up”. “There is a lot of evidence that there has been a cover-up - have you anything to say?” a journalist asked as she cycled away. #postoffice #inquiry #scandal Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just &