British Leyland slush fund trial

Title

British Leyland slush fund trial

Genre

News report

TX Date

11 Aug 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:03:07

Description

Ken Dennis reports on the British Leyland slush fund trial. The so-called slush fund allegedly paid for bribes for overseas contracts. Former British Leyland finance executive Graham Barton and his wife Fatima were in the dock for alleged forging of letters on the slush fund which lead to an article in the Daily Mail.

Contributors

Ken Dennis

Keywords

British Leyland; Corruption; Trials; Bank of England; Daily Mail; Lord Ryder; Forgery; Letters (documents); Graham Barton; Fatima Barton; Peter Poodle; Alex Park; William Howard; Alan King-Hamilton

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