LONDON (Reuters) - Former Barclays boss Jes Staley had sex with a member of serial paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's staff, the banker told a court on the third day of his evidence as he appeals against a proposed financial services ban.

Jes Staley lobbied the world’s biggest bank to keep Jeffrey Epstein as a client even after the disgraced financier was handed a prison sentence for soliciting underage girls.

Ex-Barclays chief, seeking to overturn regulatory ban, was asked about encounter at apartment of disgraced financier’s brother

Staley stated that he had been introduced to the woman by sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, and that the sexual encounter was consensual.