Len Wardle AKA Heisenberg, chair of the COOP bank has stepped down after the scandal of Paul Flowers, former banking chairman, who was secretly filmed buying crystal meth. Questions had been raised about Mr Flowers’s competence in the role, to which he was appointed in 2010. Len Wardle, who led the board that appointed Mr Flowers, said he felt it was “right” that he stepped down now.
- Methodist minister Paul Flowers, 63, was caught on camera buying drugs
- It was just days after he was grilled by MPs over his bank’s performance
- He is seen in his car discussing the cocaine and crystal meth he wants
- He then counts out £300 in £20 notes and sends a friend to make the deal
- The video handed over by an acquaintance ‘disgusted by his hypocrisy’
- Last night MPs demanded Rev Flowers appear before them again
- Flowers boasts of using ketamine along with cannabis and club drug GHB
The COOP said Mr Wardle had resigned as chairman of the group and from the board “with immediate effect”. He had held the position since 2007 but announced last month that he would retire in May 2014.
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