The former Post Office boss Paula Vennells refused to answer questions about the Horizon scandal after being seen in public for the first time since a television drama highlighting it aired.

Ms Vennells was seen out cycling on Sunday morning and asked whether she had knowingly lied to MPs amid mounting evidence of a cover-up.

Leaked recordings have suggested she knew about a “covert operations team” that could remotely access the Horizon system used by sub-postmasters that ultimately resulted in more than 900 wrongful convictions.

Channel 4 News filmed Ms Vennells as she left a church cemetery in cycling gear on Sunday morning and asked her whether she had anything to say, and whether she had "lied to MPs” and whether “there had been a cover-up”.

“There is a lot of evidence that there has been a cover-up - have you anything to say?” a journalist asked as she cycled away.

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