Barclays bank and former bosses to stand trial in January 2019

Institution and four men, including former chief executive John Varley, charged with fraud linked to 2008 fundraising

John Varley, the former boss of Barclays, will stand trial alongside three former colleagues and the bank itself in January 2019, Southwark crown court was told on Monday.

Varley is charged along with Roger Jenkins, Tom Kalaris and Richard Boath over the way the bank raised billions of pounds from Qatar in 2008.

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