LONDON: A trial of three former executives at British supermarket group Tesco has collapsed after one of the defendants suffered a heart attack close to a verdict being delivered. “In the circumstances it would not be right or proper to continue with this trial and therefore I am discharging you from further dealing with this case,” she told a London court after it was revealed that defendant Carl Rogberg, 51, suffered a heart attack last week. Taylor ruled it would be unfair for the trial to continue as it risked prejudicing the jury on being told the reason for Rogberg’s absence. Rogberg had been standing trial alongside former colleagues Chris Bush, also 51, and 49-year-old John Scouler at Southwark Crown Court over alleged fraud and false accounting. The Serious Fraud Office, which brought the trial after Tesco had been accused of overstating profits in 2014, will now consider whether a retrial should occur, with a decision due on March 2.

Source: New Strait Times February 06, 2018 16:52 UTC