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Ex-Deutsche Bank trader: 'I'm being jailed - but the court was misled'

The UK's top financial watchdog made statements for use in court that were later acknowledged by a senior official to be false, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ has discovered. The statements were used in a case against two ex-Deutsche Bank traders -
Matt Connolly and Gavin Black - convicted of rigging interest rates. US government prosecutors submitted other statements that were acknowledged in court to be false or misleading. Both the US and UK authorities say allegations of misconduct have been dismissed by the court. Listen to today's edition of World Business Report's Big Topic in which ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ correspondent Andy Verity explains the background to the case and speaks to Matt Connolly, one of the two men convicted.

(Photo: Matt Connolly leaving court in New York Credit: Getty Images)

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