‘Accountant paid off Saudis in MoD bribes scandal’

A former Ministry of Defence official paid nearly £10 million in bribes to top brass in the Saudi Arabian military in exchange for contracts, a court heard. Jeffrey Cook, 65, helped funnel the money to the officials in the Saudi National Guard so they would continue to use his company to improve their military communications, it is claimed. Cook was also the managing director of the Airbus subsidiary GPT Special Project Management Ltd, which was responsible for the installation and…