The full force of more than a decade of frustration, anger and injustice was channelled via their barristers, including a pair of baritones whose questions boomed like incoming fire at Paula Vennells.
In the 15-year scandal of the Post Office, this may be remembered as the day that hundreds of sub-postmasters, subject to the greatest miscarriage of justice in British legal history, were finally heard. In Westminster, the Post Office Offences Act was being rushed through parliament, included in the 'wash-up' triggered by the general election. Come early evening, when it formally received Royal Assent, as if by legislative magic, around 700 wrongful convictions were erased.
Ms Vennells's defence has been that, when it counted, she did not know key facts or inappropriate action because she was not told. 'I was too trusting,' she said on day one. When confronted with documentary evidence she must have known, she said she did not understand or 'I can't recall,' a line worn thin through repetition.
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