Amit Soni arrives at Southwark crown court to testify in the trial of three former Tesco executives Mary Turner/ReutersThe whistleblower who prepared a report that led to a £250 million correction to Tesco’s accounts in 2014 yesterday defended not raising concerns to the retailer’s auditors. Giving evidence for a second day at Southwark crown court, Amit Soni, a senior accountant at Tesco, was questioned by Sasha Wass, QC, for the prosecution, over why he had not flagged his worries about an increasing hole in the accounts with PWC, Tesco’s external auditors. He said: “I thought about it long and hard. In the end I thought it was better for Carl [Rogberg, then Tesco UK finance director] to bring this up with PWC.”Mr Rogberg is one of three defendants, along with Chris Bush, former UK managing director, and John Scouler, former UK food…

Source: The Times October 05, 2017 23:03 UTC