Bosses dismissed my concerns, UK arms firm executive tells corruption trial

Mike Paterson gives evidence in trial of two men accused of funnelling corrupt payments to senior Saudis

A financial executive who blew the whistle on millions of pounds of corrupt payments in an arms deal secretly recorded his conversations with his managers as they dismissed his concerns, a court has heard.

Mike Paterson said he grew more and more uncomfortable with the unexplained payments and refused to approve them in his role as the financial controller of a British arms firm.