Former Barclays CEO suggested Qatari side deal in 2008, London court hears

LONDON (Reuters) - Former Barclays chief executive John Varley first suggested the bank could use a side deal to satisfy Qatar's demands for extra cash in return for rescue funding for the bank during the 2008 credit crisis, a London court heard on Tuesday.Thomas Kalaris, one of three former top Barclays bankers who deny fraud linked to the capital raising, on Tuesday described a meeting with a senior Qatari official on June 3, 2008, and how he subsequently took the service lift to Varley's..