By Andy Verity
BBC economics correspondent
A former Barclays trader jailed in connection with a $9bn interest rate rigging scandal has said telling his father about it was "the hardest day of my life".
"I burst into tears. I felt like I'd let him down," Peter Johnson told the BBC, as he struggled to compose himself.
In an emotional interview, Johnson revealed the devastation caused not only to his life but that of his family by what is now regarded by some MPs as a state-level cover-up, followed by a whole series of miscarriages of justice.
Jailed for four years for "manipulating" interest rates, Johnson was released in 2018 after serving two years.
He was later revealed to be one of the original whistleblowers of the scandal.
Speaking for the first time since his release, he says when he was put on gardening leave by Barclays in 2011, he descended into depression and avoided being seen in the streets near his house or informing his family about his predicament.
In 2012, Johnson was sacked by Barclays after more than 30 years' service and faced the risk of prosecution by the US Department of Justice (DoJ), which could lead to up to 30 years in a US prison.
"[When I woke up] I'd have about five seconds when I thought all was well with the world. And then I'd realise that it wasn't. And I'd go around all day with a sort of a weight pressing against my chest. I'd wait for six o'clock before I started self-medicating with alcohol. I had panic attacks," he says.
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