Post Office convictions to be quashed today as Vennells faces victims at inquiry

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Summary

  1. Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells will give her final day of evidence at the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal
  2. It comes a day after a law quashing convictions from the Horizon IT scandal was approved by Parliament
  3. Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 sub-postmasters were prosecuted because of the faulty Horizon system
  4. On Thursday, the inquiry heard that the Post Office dropped a review into the convictions of sub-postmasters over fears it would make "front page news"
  5. The Post Office previously insisted that Horizon - the accountancy software used by sub-postmasters in branches - was robust
  6. Press play above to watch Paula Vennells live at the inquiry from 09:45 BST
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