Judge in Barclays-Qatar Criminal Fraud Trial Discharges Jury
- Ex-Barclays CEO Varley and three others accused of dishonety
- First jury trial of bank bosses connected to financial crisis
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A judge discharged the jury in the fraud trial of former Barclays Chief Executive Officer John Varley and three other executives in connection with payments to Qatar at the peak of the 2008 financial crisis.
The criminal trial of Varley, former Middle East head Roger Jenkins, ex-wealth boss Tom Kalaris, and Richard Boath, the former head of the bank’s European financial advisory group, has been hearing legal arguments about the case without the jury for the past month. The trial of the four men in their 60s began on January 23.