i asked seema misra whether she accepted his apology after everything we have heard today. that time he didn�*t know about it. it�*s all black and white, it�*s cleared now. it�*s notjust one person. it was so many and it�*s all proven in the court as well. we�*re still not accepting it. probably not wanted to accept the consequence he is going to face or something, i�*m not sure. and seema, it�*s clearly so difficult for you still to come to these events. it�*s not the first time i�*ve seen you and it�*s always difficult for you. what are you hoping to get out of this by the end of these four days? why on earth he did what he did? what was the reason behind it? who was asking? who was asking to answer like some truth? and you�*ve told me before you still have difficulty letting go of some of the shame you felt throughout this ordeal. do you still feel that shame now? ido, ido. it�*s just like i�*m walking to the post office day in, day out. i�*m like, even when i�*m really tired, it�*sjust the prison bit i still can�*t get over it. but seema, you were cleared in 2021. so wh

he gave evidence in court cases, including that of former sub—postmistress seema misra.nt after she was wrongly accused of stealing £70,000. it is very, very important because i definitely want to know why he did what he did, who was behind it and all of that. five years ago, sub—postmasters won their stunning victory against the post office in the high court. the judge, justice fraser, said the problems with horizon could cause discrepancies in sub—postmasters�* accounts. that the evidence i shall give shall be the truth... garethjenkins told the inquiry he didn't agree with the judge. and you don't accept his findings that bugs, errors and defects could result in, ie cause discrepancies or shortfalls in branch accounts? they could cause discrepancies in branch accounts, but not at the sort of levels that are being talked about. and in general, the systems, i believe, were operating as they should. do i take it that you accept his first finding that legacy horizon was not remotely robust? i don't accept that finding. he was asked about his role in giving evidence in cou

he gave evidence in court cases, including that of former sub—postmistress seema misra. in prison whilst pregnant after she was wrongly accused of stealing £70,000. it is very, very important because i definitely want to know why he did what he did, who was behind it and all of that. five years ago, sub—postmasters won their stunning victory against the post office in the high court. the judge, justice fraser, said the problems with horizon could cause discrepancies in sub—postmasters' accounts. that the evidence i shall give shall be the truth... garethjenkins told the inquiry he didn't agree with the judge. and you don't accept his findings that bugs, errors and defects could result in, ie cause discrepancies or shortfalls in branch accounts? they could cause discrepancies in branch accounts, but not at the sort of levels that are being talked about. and in general, the systems, i believe, were operating as they should. do i take it that you accept his first finding that legacy horizon was not remotely robust? i don't accept that finding. he was asked about his role in

seema misra was in the dock, she sits beside me now. do you recognise her?that was not how i felt. you hid it, didn't you? no, i did not. he knew about bugs, but didn't think they were relevant in her case, and he still stands by the horizon system. the inquiry then saw this e—mail. mrjenkins has material for his performance review the following year. he mentions the misra case, saying "the defendant was found guilty of theft, and horizon was given a clean built of health." you knew that your role was to help get that clean bill of health, wasn't it? my role was to tell the truth. the woman was sent to jail, mrjenkins. never mind that. i'm sorry for what happened to mrs misra. i clearly got trapped into doing things that i shouldn't have done, but that was not intentional on my behalf, my part. thank you, sir, those are my questions. thank you very much, miss page. garethjenkins blames the post office for what happened to seema misra, but he leaves this inquiry still under investigation for perjury and perverting the course ofjustice. emma simpson, bbc news,

one of them was seema misra. she was sent to prison whilst pregnant.at should have been disclosed. he says nobody told him about his legal duties as an expert witness. all i thought i had to do was answer the questions that i was being asked to answer and that, obviously, the answers had to be truthful. he apologised to seema. not good enough, she says, after seeing him for the first time after seeing him for the first time in 13 years. today i'm here to i hear from mrjenkin. why did he did what he did? that's what i want to hear. and is she getting those answers? not yet. only half a day gone yet? not yet _ he's got three more days of questions to come. emma simpson, bbc news, at the post office inquiry. its the first of the tv debates in france tonight, as voters prepare to go to the polls on sunday, in the first round of the parliamentary elections. the french prime minister gabriel attal will square up against his two main opponents, from the hard right and the hard left. for the national rallyjordan bardella, for the new france unbowed movement ma

and then another e—mailfrom him, discussing the case of seema misra.g that horizon was unreliable and decided tojump on the bandwagon." that's totally inappropriate wording on my part, for which i apologise. just a few months later, he was the post office's expert witness in seema's trial, but he didn't give the whole picture about what he knew of bugs and problems with horizon — material that should have been disclosed. the inquiry heard he also didn't tell two of the senior post office team all that he knew either. you were asked twice, once byjon longman and once byjarnail singh, explicitly to mention any known problems with the horizon system. why, on both occasions, have you applied a restrictive approach, rather than simply mentioning all of the problems that you were aware of? that was not how i'd understood the question, but i accept now that i'd misunderstood the question. there in the second row, seema was watching. it was very important for me i to see this man after 13 years. how angry are you? very angry, very angry, because he could have

seema misra was wrongly convicted of theft. disclosed. he says no—one told him about his legal duties as an expert witness. all i thought i had to do was answer the questions that i was being asked to answer, and that they had — obviously, the answers had to be truthful. garethjenkins is considered to be so central to this inquiry that he's giving evidence for the next three days. zoe conway, bbc news. there will be full coverage of that evidence across bbc news today. england have topped their group at the euros but some fans booed. topping the group is good news but the fans were not happy. yes. topping the group is good news but the fans were not happy.— topping the group is good news but the fans were not happy. yes, it was this auoin the fans were not happy. yes, it was this going to — the fans were not happy. yes, it was this going to be _ the fans were not happy. yes, it was this going to be the _ the fans were not happy. yes, it was this going to be the moment - the fans were not happy. yes, it was this going to be the

seema misra was in the dock, she sits beside me now. do you recognise her? causing harm? no, that was not how i felt. you hid it, didn�*t you? no, i did not. he knew about bugs, but he didn�*t think they were relevant in her case, and he still stands by the horizon system. the inquiry then saw this e—mail. mrjenkins has material for his performance review the following year. he mentions the misra case, saying, "the defendant was found guilty of theft, and horizon was given a clean bill of health." you knew that your role was to help get that clean bill of health, wasn�*t it? my role was to tell the truth. the woman was sent to jail, mrjenkins. never mind that. i'm sorry for what happened to mrs misra. i clearly got trapped into doing things that i shouldn't have done, but that was not intentional on my behalf, my part. thank you, sir, those are my questions. thank you very much, miss page. garethjenkins blames the post office for what happened to seema misra, but he leaves this inquiry still under investigation for perjury and perverting the course ofjustice

one of them was seema misra. she was sent to prison while pregnant. about a bug in the system but didn't mention it in the trial, crucial evidence that should have been disclosed. he says nobody told him about his legal duties as an expert witness. >> all i thought i had to do is answer the questions i was being asked to answer and obviously the answers had to be truthful. reporter: he apologized to seema. not good enough, she says, after seeing him for the first time in 13 years. >> today i am here to hear from mr. jenkins why he did what he did. that is what i wanted to hear. reporter: and it is she getting those answers? >> not yet. not yet. reporter: he has three more days of questions to come. anna simpson, bbc news. christian: if the first of the tv debates in france tonight as voters prepare to go to the polls on sunday in the first round of the parliamentary elections. the french prime minister gabriel attal will score against his two main opponents at the hard right and the hard left. the new france candidate, and that stand in for leader jea

seema misra _ robust? i don't accept that finding. seema misra was _ robust?ught i had to do is answer the _ witness. all i thought i had to do is answer the questions - witness. all i thought i had to do is answer the questions that i i witness. all i thought i had to do | is answer the questions that i was being _ is answer the questions that i was being asked to answer and obviously the answers had to be truthful. gareth — the answers had to be truthful. garethjenkins is the answers had to be truthful. gareth jenkins is considered the answers had to be truthful. garethjenkins is considered to be so central to this inquiry, that he is giving evidence for the next three days. zoe conway, bbc news. now, the football — and let's start with the positives, shall we? england are unbeaten and have topped their group at the euros. but there wasn't much else to cheer last night, as gareth southgate and his team were booed by some fans after their uninspiring goalless draw against slovenia. earlier we heard from sports correspondentjohn watson, who spoke about the clo

i welcome now seema misra, a former subpostmistress who was jailed while pregnant back in 2019.how sorry 2010. apologies. how does it make you feel when you see ed davey getting a full makeover on national television and everyone just lapping this up? >> i know it's just a publicity pubuchy >> i know it's just a publicity publicity stunt, isn't it? >> we know the elections are here, so just just want to see tell that we are here. but that doesn't work. >> do you think he's getting an easy ride? what would you like? yeah. what would you like to ask him ? him? >> well, no. definitely not. basically in 2010, when i was sent to the prison, my mp, mr. jonathan lord, he wrote to mr ed davey saying that this is what happened to seema misra invoking, i think we should look into horizon and he just got a standard reply back. that honzon standard reply back. that horizon is robust and everything and till now date . horizon is robust and everything and till now date. i'm horizon is robust and everything and till now date . i'm pretty and till now date. i'm pretty sure he hasn't even acknow

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garethjenkin gave evidence in the pivotal 2010 trial of seema misra, who was jailed while pregnant.ikileaks founderjulian assange will land this hour in the us territory of saipan, the largest of the northern mariana islands, where he is due plead guilty to to one count of espionage. these are the pictures this afternoon of assange arriving in bangkok aboard a privatejet that later transferred him from thailand to the south pacific. we are told that once in court, assange will admit that in 2010, he conspired to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified national defence information. for that, he will be sentenced to 62 months injail, but of course will be freed immediately to return to australia, for time served at the belmarsh high security prison. it brings to an end a iii—year saga that surrounded one of the biggest leaks of classified material in us history. washington long maintained that the lives of intelligence agents were put at risk because of wikileaks disclosure — a claim assange's lawyers have disputed. the former us director of intelligence, james clapper, who was i

perhaps the information on it had gone from his mind by the time we got to the trial in 2010 of seema misraootwear in popular culture. he first acquired them after performing blue suede shoes by carl perkins on his debut album in 1956. the shoes themselves, you know, to look at them, they are just a normal pair of 19505 blue suede shoes. but, obviously, it's the provenance and the history. you know, we know that elvis presley wore these on those really important moments in 1956 on the steve allen show. elvis gave the size 10.5 shoes to a friend after he was called up to join the american army in 1958. they're expected to be sold for between £100,000 and £120,000 when they go under the hammer later today. last year, we sold a fur coat that was owned by elvis presley for over £120,000, sold a pair of his sunglasses for £100,000. so, naturally, when this client decided to sell these objects, he picked up the phone and gave us a call. # well, you can do anything. # but lay off my blue suede shoes.# elvis may have told us to lay off his blue suede shoes, but later today, one lucky person will la

seema misra was found guilty of theft and false accounting in 2010. she was jailed whilst pregnant. it is very important, because i want to know why he did what he did. i want to hear truth — that's what i'm looking for. so hopefully, hopefully, hopefully, you know, listening from gareth, actual reality, actual truth, might put my mind to rest a bit. if the problems had been revealed during seema's trial at this court, it could have stopped all the subsequent prosecutions and helped others to clear their names far earlier. garethjenkins' lawyer said it would be inappropriate for him to comment ahead of him giving evidence at the inquiry. emma simpson, bbc news. princess anne has spent a second night in hospital following an accident thought to have been caused by a horse at her estate in gloucestershire. buckingham palace says anne, who is 73, is expected to make a full recovery, after suffering concussion and a minor head injury. a scheduled trip to canada this week by the princess royal has now been postponed. the king and queen will host a state banquet at buckingham palace tonig

pressurised by the post office during a case against the wrongly convicted pregnant sub—postmistress seema misra