Barclays banker trial collapses

The trial of four Barclays bankers accused of arranging billions of pounds of secret funding from Qatar at the height of the financial crisis collapsed today (mon). Mr Justice Jay today [mon] brought the jury back and formally discharged them after a month-long break in the case. Former Barclays chief exec John Varley, 62, alongside colleagues Richard Boath, 60, Roger Jenkins, 63, and Tom Kalaris, 63, are accused of fraudulently covering up a deal worth billions in 2008. The deal…