COMMENT | Common traits of a crooked banker and some YBs

COMMENT | Sitting in the witness box in a criminal trial allows both the prosecution and defence to a no-holds-barred session where dirty secrets of the witness’ personal and private life come under intense scrutiny.

Some can be mundane but in some cases, sensational details are revealed.

In the process, many skeletons in the closet are unearthed - the witness’ private life is laid bare allowing the court of public opinion to make non-judicial pronouncements.

When the star witness in a case involving Malaysian banker Roger Ng took the stand in a New York courtroom, he had already spilt all in a deposition made previously to the prosecution.

Tim Leissner (above), the former Asian chief of Goldman Sachs knew his credibility would be torn to bits. It turned out that the jury heard saucy details of his marriages and...