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Ecclestone takes swipe at trial outcome with Christmas card
Lawyer Sven Thomas talks to his client Bernie Ecclestone during their final day in court
Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has revisited his German bribery trial in a mischievous Christmas card depicting himself handing over $100 million to a masked highwayman pointing a pistol at him.
'This is not a robbery. I am collecting for the Bavarian state,' says the cartoon figure on horseback as Ecclestone holds the sack of money.
In a further greeting inside the card sent to Reuters, Ecclestone adds another tongue-in-cheek comment: 'Maybe now we can have a Formula One race in the really nice city of Munich, Germany.' Ecclestone paid $100 million in August under the terms of a settlement...
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