BP chided over college tricks in US court case

By Scott Campbell
Updated September 17 2014 - 2:13pm, first published 12:43pm
BP has been found grossly negligent over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, facing possible civil fines of almost $US18 billion.
BP has been found grossly negligent over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, facing possible civil fines of almost $US18 billion.
BP has been found grossly negligent over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, facing possible civil fines of almost $US18 billion.
BP has been found grossly negligent over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, facing possible civil fines of almost $US18 billion.
BP has been found grossly negligent over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, facing possible civil fines of almost $US18 billion.
BP has been found grossly negligent over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, facing possible civil fines of almost $US18 billion.
BP has been found grossly negligent over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, facing possible civil fines of almost $US18 billion.
BP has been found grossly negligent over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, facing possible civil fines of almost $US18 billion.

A US judge has reprimanded BP for using tactics that would "not be appropriate for a college term paper" after the oil giant tried to sneak six extra pages into a court filing by manipulating line spacings.

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