Peter Johnson, who was jailed for 'rigging' interest rates, speaks publicly for the first time since being released in 2018.
BBC economics correspondent
In an emotional interview, Johnson revealed the devastation caused not only to his life but that of his family by what is now regarded by some MPs as a state-level cover-up, followed by a whole series of miscarriages of justice.
"I spent years trying to suppress my emotions because I don't want to get upset and bitter and twisted and everything else. "It was ridiculous. There I was feeling relieved that I was going to be charged with a crime. And it was good! I mean, it's just stupid. It just shows how mad things were for me at the time."
"In over 30 years in practice I never had a case in which I felt so powerless and bullied and where the smell of politics was so rancid. Hopefully all the evil lurking in the mud will be found out," Mr Woodcock says.Andy Verity seeks to interview Peter Johnson outside court in 2016. His lawyer Tony Woodcock is on the right
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