Post Office: Former executive accused of lying to inquiry 

She's evil. A far more ruthless criminal than most of the people already behind bars.

Disgraceful woman absolutely no remorse……

It’s a blessing and a miracle she remembered to turn up at the inquiry given her poor memory for everything else.

Jail her.

This vile woman is guilty of perjury. What is the law waiting for?

What a thoroughly evil creature.

No surprises here ,she's been well rehearsed by her legal team and has no intention of revealing her culpability or admitting any guilt.

Rest in Peace, Martin Griffith.

A very slippery woman who, apparently, "only wanted to get at the truth". Even Jason Beer, no doubt exasperated by her deflection and poor recall, at one point asked her, "So what _was_ your job?"

She's belongs in prison

If she and Vennells isn’t ultimately jailed it means the law and justice are completely corrupted!!!

Middle management in Britain is absolutely full of these people

Her lie 'it didn't register with me' was so callous. Her whole demeanour chilled me.

Vennels must be trembling in her cycling shoes knowing what she faces shortly. Jail them all!

Watching the appalling lies from these heinous people demonstrates the Post Office was/is rotten to the core.

its hard to discribe this woman without swearing, she shows no empathy at all to all the victims lives she has helped distroy, freeze all of her assetts now, bank account, pensions and any property she owns and use it towards compensating those that she has wronged, then put her in front of a judge and jury, and when found guilty the judge should lock her up for the maximum amount of time he can, shes lied to judges allready so any judge worth their salt should make a example of her and everyone else involved.

It’s rare to witness someone who exudes such an aura of contempt and evil ….God help all those postmasters and their families , they deserve massive compensation

Only one thing to do with her…. Send her to jail.

Criminal prosecutions are needed

No sign of any emotion, no regret or admission of any fault and quick to push the blame onto others. Took a bonus every year while innocent's went to jail or took their own life's in total desperation while she looked on. Lied to sub postmasters lied to JFSPM lied to mp,s lied to justice Frasier in court. Stripe her of all her bonuses from the time she knew about remote excess 2011 and Lock her up and throw away the keys. Horrid woman.

I am 68 and I remember falling out of my highchair, my first day a school, getting my tonsils out, my first date, my first car. and the name of my Mum & Dads budgie! Is there a reason why one after another the people called to this enquiry from the Post Office don't recall anything significant in their past?

She has clearly been told not to incriminate herself, you will get the same from Paula when she comes to the inquiry, they both are fully aware of what will be coming their way after this inquiry.

We need police investigation put her. in front of a court and let her tell her lies to a judge

First question outside the inquiry: Are you going to remember more today?

The very definition of institutionalised corporate corruption...

Was a very interesting hearing. At one point she wholly contradicted one of her own emails when it was right up on the screen and the entire room was reading it (as well as, hopefully, police and future lawyers of the innocent SPMs who will be able to begin EXTREMELY expensive prosecutions soon.) Quite curious to see someone who's existed in an entire professional career so utterly cornered, yet cannot quite cope with reality and believes EVEN NOW that lying and evasion and business-speak will save her from a well-deserved financial ruin when she's prosecuted over and over and over and over again by the families of the dead and ruined SPMs she's wilfully had a hand in prosecuting. Oh well, she can exist in denial all the way to that final bankruptcy hearing before she goes to jail. We don't need her denial, we have EVIDENCE. Tick tock Angela...

They knew it was all wrong but did nothing, Fake apologies, still no empathy or shame…..They all look guilty…..All covering their own backs….Prison.

Why is this a inquiry and not a trial?

Criminal cover up.

I've watched a few live sessions with Jason Beer asking the questions and he's been brilliant. Slowly, calmly and methodically picking apart the Post Office people's inconsistencies and weak excuses.

Her face gives herself away.

Terrible human being

As one who visits the U.K. on a regular basis, I’ve always believed that fair play is a fundamental part of the British character. After watching “Mr. Bates vs the Post Office” and the ongoing hearings, I am stunned that such a terrible wrong could occur. Lame and insincere apologies mean nothing. There must be justice and accountability.

An Evil woman

Her legal team done a great job but despite that came across as1 nasty peice of work devoid of any remorse

This individual makes me sick. No ethics or principles. Could not tell the truth if she tried. She needs to receive a hefty prison sentence. Please let justice prevail!!!

Go directly to jail. Do not pass go.

Make a good MP when the lips are moving you can see the lies flowing out.

She’s not believable

Ignorance isnt a defence

She should be in prison, and for a long long time.

A very difficult day of questioning to watch. Jason Beers was obviously having to control his emotions when questioning this awful woman. Hopefully when the disgusting Paula Vennells dragged before the inquiry then Jason Beers will just tear her apart.

Nothing than plain evil. And if seems that she is still being prompted by her evil legal team.

she should be in jail . She look cold & uncaring .

Disgusting, I cannot understand why she's not in jail.

Those poor people and what they went through, just appalling. It’s clear for all to see what actually happened. All the more unbelievable that those responsible can’t accept that what they did was wrong.

Judge Peter Fraser criticised Van De Bogherd her testimony and said she "did not give me frank evidence, and sought to obfuscate matters, and mislead me". Beer KC, lead counsel to the inquiry, challenged Ms van den Bogerd's opening statement, as he accused her of not saying sorry for her own role in the scandal…

Despicable woman. Not an utter sign of remorse. No admittance of wrongdoing. If the police do not look into this then there is no justice, for anyone.

I listened to her for a few minutes yesterday and all I could hear was waffle. She's spent her working life denying and deflecting and being economical with truth that when straight talking is needed she doesn't know how.

There's no emotion, no remorse.

Cold. Evil. Criminal.

Katherine Kelly Lang played her brilliantly in the ITV drama, although her portrayal was way too soft. This is a hardened, unethical, despicable woman.

Van den Bogerd has a lawyer present at the inquiry, who’s paying for that?

An utter National disgrace.

I find the reaction of some in the local "communities" almost as chilling as the attitude of the Post Office.

Where is the money the Post Office has taken Fraudulently. Give it back now.

Jail is too good for Mrs V D B and many of the other Post Office Ltd. officials. There’s a far too common theme with most of these POL officials when being questioned regarding incriminating details, “they can’t remember”. Or, when they are presented with an email that they received from years ago showing that they knew only too well what was going on, they happened not to have read the said email or didn’t take on board the emails content. Again, jail is too good for many of the other Post Office Ltd. officials

Selective amnesia

They have all been legally advised to take the default position of complete incompetence by the looks of things. Disgraceful bunch

If you listen to her evidence she was responsible for nothing, however if you read her LinkedIn profile she was responsible for almost everything including post office contracts

She is currently working as an HR contractor employed to make 100 staff redundant at a company called Integral UK Ltd, she must be so proud of her contribution to society

“We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying.” - Attributed to Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn

By her own admission she was negligently incompetent, in that she failed to engage with the truth. Electing to be morally and ethically bankrupt by being part of the mechanism of vindictive falsehoods, and cover up to put the PO reputation above that of the truth. To add to her negligence and vindictive actions, she repugnantly and knowingly signing a statement of truth that she knew was far from the truth, with far and reaching consequences to the victimes. THAT IS PERGURY, an AFRONT TO COURT, and FRAUD FOR GAIN.

Through out the inquiry she presented that she was trying so hard to help the sub-postmasters. All she was doing was in her word get to the bottom of the issues. But the evidences show that her so call help helped no one and destroyed lives instead. Her words are blatant lies. Yet she is not prosecuted. What kind of justice is this? She also conveniently forget things she was responsible for and remember very detailedly it was always other PO executives’ wrongdoing. Nothing to do with her.

There is SO MUCH cruelty.

I do hope those nice people in that Oxfordshire Village beg that Family's forgiveness ! :D

A callous calculating woman at the center of this scandal. The time in the enquiry today is a perfect example of a narcissist. Sharp as a knife...Zero emotion, zero empathy.

She knows the game’s up

Brilliant comment from the reporter "are you going to remember more for us today?"

Like a child that has been caught out!

Pure evil, she has been part of destroying so many peoples life.

How can she sleep at night!

These bastards had better go to jail for life for Corporate manslaughter or there will be uproar in this Country.

The cheek of her, trying to give the impression that she was trying to get compensation to the families as soon as possible when every printed record shows that she was involved in the cover up and attempts to minimise the eventual costs of compensation to the Post Office

She should be sent to prison .

this person hold her head up in public ever again. The most shameful act was that she was able to accept her bonus for her despicable actions. Unbelievable, unthinkable, and please God unrepeatable ever.

The KCs as ever were spot on. The truth will out😊

Watching and waiting for the full story to come out... Don't hold your breath, mate.

See no proof, hear no proof,deny everything and if doubt sorry I can't remember that?

Why didn’t the criminal justice system notice after 900 spm go to trial that this is not a strange trend?

The actions and motives were to save money and for personal gain in the way of significant benefits & bonus pay outs!!! Not to protect the brand.., it was to protect shareholders and save the business from going bankrupt!!

What did we expect? She was never going to reveal the truth of the matter for fear of being prosecuted.

Anyone who thought that her performance on day one was poor should now view the absolute train wreck that was Angela's effort on the second day.

Will any of those responsible go to prison?

An evil machine requires a plenitude of banal, efficient, loyal , soulless cogs

She needs to spend time behind bars, hopefully that would allow her to reflect and recall the suffering she has imposed.

I cannot believe people in Vipin's Oxfordshire village would set up a cross with his name on it - that's callous, cruel, and shameful.

She is 1of many that need to go to jail.

She, along with a whole host of others, need to be in front of a judge and jury, as soon as possible! Their behaviour is beyond appalling.

They should have played Peter Gabriel singing "I don't remember, I don't recall, I've got no memory of anything at all" at her when she came along.

Go to jail angie

You can see she is as hard as nails ! Not a very nice person to be in an executive position in the PO. A jail term and loss of pension sounds about right !

She was dishonest then and she is dishonest now. My heart goes out to all those families over the many years who have suffered as a result of her legacy. I hope there is a conviction in her case.

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Very selective memory! Full of lies, miss truths and denial. If she was a senior manager and missed emails then she didn’t deserve to be a senior manager! She’s covering her back to avoid possible future criminal charges!

Blatantly lying and thinks she'll get away with that. I hope she is prosecuted and im on the jury.

The term "word soup" is a EUPHEMISM par excellence! Nuff said.

And where the National Union of Postmasters during all this time?

God bless Vipin Patel and all those innocent people affected by this horrendous scandal. The execs at the Post Office are vile people.

Jail for all of those incompetents.