A TOP arms dealer has been heavily criticised by investors for making the bizarre claim that British bombs bring peace to Yemen, as part of a desperate bid to justify his firm’s arming of Saudi Arabia.

Speaking at the BAE Systems annual general meeting on Thursday, chairman Sir Roger Carr said his firm’s role was to “provide defence equipment that ultimately encourages peace.”

And speaking about the war in Yemen specifically, he said: “Saudi are not the aggressors, they are the defenders.”