Barclays banker accused of beating deaf assistant with bat

A senior Barclays banker in court over the alleged rigging of the Libor rates has also been accused of abusing his partially deaf assistant in a series of Wolf of Wall Street style antics.

Jonathan Mathew, 35, said he was "humiliated" by corrupt trader Peter Johnson, 61, who called him a ‘deaf git’ and made him stand on his chair and recite the capitals of the world – The Daily Mail reports.

Giving evidence at Southwark Crown Court Mathew said his boss was “detail-oriented” and quick to pick up errors.

He said he was called a “deaf git” and made to stand on a chair and recite country capitals after Johnson realised he did not know Manila was the capital of the Philippines.