Moment shamed Post Office boss Paula Vennells remains silent as she's asked if she 'lied to Parliament' after bombshell tapes revealed she 'KNEW' Fujitsu could remotely alter accounts of postmasters in Horizon scandal which saw 900 wrongly convicted

Shamed Post Office boss Paula Vennells was filmed staying silent as she was asked whether she 'lied to Parliament' after damning tapes revealed she may have known about issues with the faulty Horizon system. 

Vennells was seen publicly for the first time since the bombshell revelations that Post Office management knew Fujitsu could remotely alter accounts of postmasters during the Horizon scandal which saw 900 innocent people wrongly convicted. 

The Commons Business and Trade Committee chair this month said 'all options are on the table', as it looks to take action against Vennells for potentially misleading Parliament over the ordeal. 

Covert recordings obtained by ITV and Channel 4 show Vennells was told in 2013 that there had been allegations the Horizon system could be accessed remotely, something she later told a committee of MPs was not possible.

It later emerged that subpostmasters' Horizon accounts could be accessed remotely by staff working at Fujitsu's headquarters in Bracknell. 

Vennells has now been filmed being questioned by Channel 4's Alex Thomson, who asked the former Post Office boss whether she lied. 

In a video posted on X, Thomson approaches Vennells while she is on her bike, asking: 'Paula, you're accused of lying to MPs, did you lie to MPs?' 

He adds: 'You're accused of being at the centre of a major cover-up in this whole issue. Would you accept that there's been a cover up? 

'There is a lot of evidence that there's been a cover-up.' 

Vennells remains silent, only addressing someone she knows at the scene, saying: 'See you soon.' 

In a call on July 2, 2013, an independent investigator warned Vennells not to categorically deny that Horizon could be accessed by Fujitsu staff in case 'some bloody whistleblower' contradicted her.

Seven years later, in a letter to a parliamentary committee, Ms Vennells said she had been told by Fujitsu that the system could not be accessed remotely.

The recordings do not appear to contain any explicit statement confirming that Horizon could be accessed remotely.

If someone is found in contempt of parliament it means that someone has interfered with parliament or obstructed it (or a member of the House) from performing their duties.