BBC's former chief Mark Thompson had accused the head of its governing body of misleading the British Parliament. This was regarding large payments made to senior executives that had put the reputation of two men on the line.

Last year, Thompson quit from the British broadcasting firm to become the chief of New York Times. Mark Thompson is currently under fire after he had made payments amounting to GBP25 million. The payments were made to 150 BBC staff that had departed the company from 2009 to 2012.

The huge amount of payments angered politicians and members of the public. This was after Britain's parliament funded the broadcaster a compulsory license fee.

BBC Trust head Chris Patten told the parliament during a hearing last July that he was shocked by the amount of the payments. He said that it was more than what contractual terms had required.

Meanwhile, Thomson accused Patten of having to know about the payments made. This was done through a written submission to a parliamentary committee on Friday.