Three former Tesco executives are accused of “cooking the books” in a scandal which wiped £2bn (€2.25bn) off the super- market’s total share value and sent “shockwaves” through the stock market.

Three former Tesco executives are accused of "cooking the books" in a scandal which wiped £2bn(€2.27bn) off the supermarket's total share value and sent "shockwaves" through the stock market.

The trial of three former Tesco executives is due to start on Monday over the £326m accounting scandal at the British supermarket.

Britain’s Serious Fraud Office has said it has charged three former senior Tesco executives with fraud in its investigation into accounting practices at the UK’s biggest supermarket retailer.