BBC star Nicky Campbell breaks down in tears over 'brave' phone call

Nicky spoke to the caller and Five Live listener on Wednesday January 10 after the ITV Mr Bates vs Post Office drama.

BBC’s Nicky Campbell has wiped away tears as a Post Office victim, 77, revealed the heartbreaking tale of being jailed in the scandal. BBC star Nicky spoke to the caller and Five Live listener on Wednesday January 10 after the ITV Mr Bates vs Post Office drama.

Karen Jolliffe said she was speaking out for the first time about her experience with the Post Office scandal. She said watching Mr Bates vs the Post Office, which starred Toby Jones, was "dreadful... I just didn't want to go back there".

During the chat, Campbell removed his glasses and wiped away tears as she spoke about what she had experienced. "All you postmasters were wonderful... if it wasn't for you people like me couldn't be saying that right now," he said.

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"You're very brave and I wish I'd been braver." Karen told him: "I hid it and moved money around from the shop to the Post Office for about 18 months, two years. I knew I was going to be audited and when they came out I just confessed.

"I felt so stupid when I looked at Mr Bates and how he'd worked it out. Why didn't I? I'm not a stupid person really." Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells reportedly refused to hold a meeting with minister without her lawyer being present, MPs were today. told

George Freeman (Con) says that he was never minister for postal services, but that he was asked to cover that portfolio at some point. When he needed to deal with this issue, instead of just accepting the line he was given, he asked for a proper briefing.

He said: "I was never minister for the Post Office, but I remember as a minister in the department being asked to cover for an absent minister, and when refusing to just read out the speech but ask for a proper day of briefings from officials, and asked to meet Paula Vennells, I was told she would refuse to meet me without her lawyer …

"I want to highlight that this saga raises some very important issues about scrutiny, accountability, responsibility in our public office and in public administration, difficult questions that this house must tackle."