The former chief executive of Barclays admitted at the High Court on Wednesday that he had sex with a member of staff working for Jeffrey Epstein at an apartment owned by the convicted paedophile’s brother.

Jes Staley explained that they grew closer while waiting for Jeffrey Epstein, who was known for being late to meetings and that their sexual encounter was consensual.

Jes Staley lobbied the world’s biggest bank to keep Jeffrey Epstein as a client even after the disgraced financier was handed a prison sentence for soliciting underage girls.