LONDON—A wealthy businessman has denied he paid “hush money” to a man who had been arrested and accused of planting explosive devices outside the chambers of a top London barrister as part of a “campaign of intimidation.”
Jonathan Nuttall, 49, denies conspiracy to plant explosive devices on Sept. 14, 2021; conspiracy to transfer criminal proceedings between Feb. 1, 2021 and March 17, 2022; and several counts of refusing to disclose the PIN number or code of a number of digital devices.
Michael Broddle, 45, his sons Joshua Broddle, 20, and Charlie Broddle, 18, and Nuttall’s driver, Michael Sode, 57, also deny conspiracy to plant explosive devices.
The trial at the Old Bailey has been told Nuttall “harboured a great deal of animosity” towards Andrew Sutcliffe, KC, a barrister who had represented the National Crime Agency (NCA) and had played a part in the confiscation of £1 million worth of assets from Nuttall and his wife Amanda….