TWO WRONGS ?..
I`m intrigued by the news that Formula One Chief Executive Bernie Ecclestone is to make a $100million (£60million) payment to a court in Munich to bring an end to his trial on bribery charges.
He went on trial back in April accused of bribing a former German banker as part of the sale of a major stake in the motorsport business eight years ago.
The court said that $99million would be paid to the German treasury and the other $1million to a German children`s hospice charity. The money must be paid by Ecclestone within a week, after which time the trial will be officially abandoned.
Now, having originally been charged with bribery, I`m struggling to understand the difference between that and the payments now to be made to the German treasury and the children`s hospice. Maybe it`s just me - again? Help !!
He went on trial back in April accused of bribing a former German banker as part of the sale of a major stake in the motorsport business eight years ago.
The court said that $99million would be paid to the German treasury and the other $1million to a German children`s hospice charity. The money must be paid by Ecclestone within a week, after which time the trial will be officially abandoned.
Now, having originally been charged with bribery, I`m struggling to understand the difference between that and the payments now to be made to the German treasury and the children`s hospice. Maybe it`s just me - again? Help !!
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