Stephen Perkins, an employee of PVM Oil Futures sincewas a Brent Crude broker in the London-based company's international commodities futures division.

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On 29 Juneafter spending a weekend drinking heavily, Perkins returned to London from a company-sponsored golf weekend and continued drinking at around midday. Around this time, he made some trades, which he said were for a client.

According to Perkins, later that day he suffered an alcohol-induced blackout. He made his last trade at 3: Perkins sent a text message to his boss stating that he was feeling ill at approximately 6: He was later contacted at 7: Perkins replied that he had spent the night assisting a client with trading.

Perkins poses an extreme risk to the market when drunk". As a result of Perkins' trading, he was suspended in July That same month, he joined an alcoholics' rehabilitation programme.

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