Ex-Barclays executive says Qatar wanted to be its 'special' Gulf partner

LONDON (Reuters) - Former senior Barclays executive Roger Jenkins told a fraud trial over undisclosed payments by the bank during the credit crisis that Qatar had wanted to be the British bank's "special" Gulf partner in 2008.The former head of Barclays' Middle East business, and co-defendants Tom Kalaris, who ran its wealth division, and Richard Boath, a former head of European financial institutions, deny conspiring to commit fraud by false representation and fraud by false..