Potato corruption trial in the UK kicks off with two guilty pleas

A major corruption case in the potato industry has kicked off with guilty pleas from a former Sainsbury’s buyer and a former executive at potato supplier Greenvale.

Former Sainsbury’s potato buyer John Maylam pleaded guilty to accepting gifts from executives at Greenvale and admitted acquiring criminal property in the form of cash in a Luxembourg bank account between January 2006 and January 2008 in exchange for a multimillion-pound potato supply deal.