The City’s Courtroom Clean‑Up: Bittar Joins the ‘Unconvicted Eight’

Christian Bittar’s conviction for rigging interest rates has been quashed, turning his legal saga into a tidy footnote. He is now the eighth former City banker to see a conviction overturned, a development that arrives just days after five other ex‑bankers were cleared.

The courtroom drama may have had the flair of a London TV thriller, but the outcome is straightforward: the court struck down the conviction, leaving Bittar with a clean record.

Legal commentators are already joking about a new nickname for the group – “The Unconvicted Eight” – a label that has already found its way into the footnotes of financial history.

With the legal storm settling, the market can breathe a little easier, while the City watches for the next headline, hoping it won’t involve another rate‑rigging case.