Ecclestone Buys Freedom

[ChillDoubt]

Looks like money CAN buy you just about anything.
It can certainly spare you a jail term:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28656050

A piffling amount for the billionaire and I agree with the former German justice minister.

[kvalidir]

Yes, I agree, if accepted it's an embarrassment, especially since it's a bribery trial. The God of Irony must be on a roll today ;/

[Sqad]

It seems unfair Chilli, but "horse trading" seems to be par for the course in law cases, so what is good for Joe Bloggs should also be good for the rich.

[Gromit]

Agreed. One law for the rich.

BTW, I looked up Ecclestone on wikipedia. I was not aware of his back story. The son of a fisherman, worked as a lab assistant at the local gasworks, then made $4.6billion along the way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Ecclestone

[ludwig]

All those billions and he can't get a decent haircut.

[Sqad]

Gromit...interesting, i really hadn't thought a lot of him, but since reading your post and the link, he has gone up in my estimation.
Good on 'im

[mikey4444]

Actually, Prison might have given him that much-needed decent haircut ludwig ! Ghastly little man.

[wolf63]

I am a bit of a confused thicko - does the money go into the German govt piggy bank? If so it isn't such a bad outcome. I don't know how he manages to find himself such tall and beautiful women to marry - there must be something about him that they found attractive.

[youngmafbog]

Wolf, he's got a big ................ wallet.

[ludwig]

// there must be something about him that they found attractive. //

He must have sparkling wit and a charming personality.

[youngmafbog]

//Ghastly little man. //

Is he a member of UKIP then Mickey ;-)

[mikey4444]

ymb has it right...a very large wallet. Money can be a wondrous elixir of love apparently !

He appears to suffer from Short Man Syndrome. Noel Coward once remarked
.....never trust short men...brains too near their bottoms"

[mikey4444]

ymb...there are lots of ghastly people about and not all of them are UKIP Members you know !