SFO blundered in banker’s trial

The judge in the fraud trial of four senior Barclays bankers ruled the Serious Fraud Office investigators failed to secure potentially vital evidence. Ex-Barclays CEO John Varley, 62, is accused alongside colleagues Richard Boath, 60, Roger Jenkins, 63, and Tom Kalaris, 63, of fraudulently covering up a deal worth billions. Prosecutors allege that the gang of high-ranking bankers managed to raise £11bn in emergency fundraising in 2008, £4bn of which came from Qatar, by making secret payments to the Gulf…