Saatchi accountants didn't check credit card spending

Charles Saatchi’s accountants did not scrutinise the credit cards used by his and Nigella Lawson’s personal assistants, because it was not their job to get involved in the household expenditure, a court has heard.

Mr Saatchi’s finance director, Rahul Gajjar, said the finance team did not check the statements for Coutts credit cards given to PAs “line by line” because it was not for them to comment on what was being spent.