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Ecclestone a bit of an idiot for settling

Bernie Ecclestone says he has been “a bit of an idiot” by paying £60 million to settle his bribery case because “the judge more or less said I was acquitted”. It was confirmed on Tuesday that a figure of around £60m had been agreed between Ecclestone and the prosecutors as settlement in his bribery case, with the court in Munich accepting that all parties were in agreement. While happy that the trial will end – officially next week after around £59m is paid to the German state and a further £1m to a German charity looking after terminally-ill children – Ecclestone said his defence was strong. “The bottom line is it's been three and a half years of aggravation, travelling,...
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