The jury in the London trial of five former Barclays traders charged with conspiracy to manipulate global Libor interest rates yesterday retired to consider its verdict after hearing more than 10 weeks of evidence.

The jury in the London trial of five former Barclays traders charged with conspiracy to manipulate global Libor interest rates yesterday retired to consider its verdict after hearing more than 10 weeks of evidence.

Two former Rabobank traders from Britain are set to become the first defendants to face trial in the US on charges stemming from a global investigation into whether various banks sought to manipulate the interest rate known as Libor.

The former trader charged with manipulating Libor asked a senior manager at UBS Group for help pushing the benchmark rate to suit his positions, according to emails shown to a London jury.

The British Bankers’ Association was told that banks were lying about Libor submissions to suit their trading positions as early as 2007, according to evidence at a London criminal trial.