Steve Perkins

“lost the company £6m last week”

“bought crude futures equal to around 9m barrels in his eight hours of trading frenzy”

“caused the price of Brent crude to go up by $1.50 (£0.90) a barrel to $73.5, its highest level this year”

“contracts for 16m barrels of oil were traded, 32 times the normal level, and the equivalent to twice Saudi Arabia’s daily production”