SFO chief disputes Goldsmith claim :

Claims that no charges would have resulted from a Serious Fraud Office probe into a £40 billion arms deal have been disputed by the organisation's head...

Attorney General Lord Goldsmith said there were serious doubts over whether or not the fraud probe would have led to charges. But SFO director Robert Wardle has said it is not possible to reach such a conclusion until such probes are over. He told the Financial Times: "There is no guarantee that charges will be brought until you've completed an investigation... so I had perhaps a different view."