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Secret tape suggests boss was told that branch accounts on the Horizon system could be accessed remotely by a team at Fujitsu HQ

During a taped meeting with investigators from Second Sight on July 2 2013, Ms Vennells was informed of the allegations that sub-postmaster branch accounts could be accessed remotely.

A secret recording from 2013 reveals Post Office boss Paula Vennells was warned not to cover up faults with the Horizon IT system as subpostmasters were being wrongly convicted. In audio obtained by ITV News, independent investigators from Second Sight held a meeting with Ms Vennells, making her aware of allegations that subpostmaster branch accounts could be accessed remotely - which the Post Office denied for years. More than 900 sub-postmasters were wrongly convicted of theft, fraud, and fals...

Paula Vennells received a CBE in 2019, however she faced angered calls for her honour to be stripped following the harrowing Mr Bates vs The Post Office drama on ITV

The 52-year-old was forced to endure a  prison sentence in 2007 over an alleged shortfall of £59,000 from her Post Office in Hull .

The recordings revealed that the company and Fujitsu knew their faulty computer system could alter sub-postmasters accounts more than ten years ago, despite denying this for years.

The audio tapes from 2013 disclosed Post Office chiefs had allegedly been made aware there were significant issues with the Horizon IT system

Calls for criminal investigation after covert recordings are latest evidence to reveal extent of Post Office knowledge of remote access to subpostmaster accounts.

Skys Adele Robinson is shown evidence that large sums of money, which could yet be shown to have come from sub-postmasters, was channelled to a Post Office profit and loss account at the height of the IT scandal.

Recordings from 2013, obtained by Channel 4, appear to show that the Post Office and tech giant Fujitsu knew that accounts could be accessed remotely without subpostmasters knowledge