`Rogue Trader' may be delayed

London - The release of a film about Nick Leeson could be delayed or the script altered following news yesterday that the former…

London - The release of a film about Nick Leeson could be delayed or the script altered following news yesterday that the former trader - who brought down the Barings merchant bank in 1995 - is seriously ill in a Singapore prison with cancer.

Rogue Trader - in which the Trainspotting star Ewan McGregor plays Leeson - was due to be released early next year.

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