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Former Unaoil, SBM executives could be convicted without direct bribe evidence, trial judge says

By Annie Robertson ( May 13, 2020, 16:20 GMT | Insight) -- Jurors in the UK corruption trial of three former Unaoil and SBM executives don't need to find that they knew about specific bribes in order to find them guilty, the judge overseeing the case advised today. As the trial at London’s Central Criminal Court resumed today, following a eight-week break due to Covid-19, Judge Martin Beddoe directed the jury that Serious Fraud Office prosecutors didn't have to prove that any defendant was aware of any actual payment being made, only that they were part of "schemes" that they knew would involve bribes being paid.Jurors in the UK corruption trial of three former Unaoil and SBM executives don't need to find that they knew about specific bribes in order to find them guilty, the judge overseeing the case advised today.   ...

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