Jim Armitage: Convicted bank trader Tom Hayes must show more humility after Syrian migrant comparison

Tom Hayes’ sentence for rigging Libor was too harsh, even when it was cut from 14 to 11 years.

But he does deserve to spend a long time in jail for his crimes, no matter how commonplace they were, or who above him knew what was going on.

Now he’s been convicted, he should serve his time quietly and with dignity.

So far, there’s been little sign of that.

In the weekend press, he whinged at great length about his jail conditions.

His concerns included a lack of shaving foam, too many soap operas on TV and sharing a cell with a fat bloke. We’re hardly talking Midnight Express.

But it was when he described himself as feeling like a Syrian migrant that he was most infuriating.

Tom, perhaps you hadn’t noticed, but Syrians are flocking to Europe because they’re fleeing war, poverty and sadistic Islamic extremism. They are refugees through no fault of their own, having often been bombed out of their home, with no prospect of providing for their family.