'Fat Cat’ wife spent €18m in Harrods

Banker serving a 15-year jail term in Azerbaijan

Harrods in Knightsbridge. Pic: Getty

A leafy golf club outside London and a home steps away from luxury department store Harrods are owned by the wife of a banker jailed in connection with an Azerbaijani corruption scandal that has spilled over into a British court.

A London judge lifted an order protecting the identity of Zamira Hajiyeva, the wife of the convicted head of a bank in Azerbaijan, starting at noon yesterday, arguing that the public interest in ...