Ecclestone pays to end bribery trial

[edstrom76]

BBC News - F1 boss Ecclestone pays to end bribery trial

True irony is when a bribery case is settled by way of bribery. :fail

 

[dinoy]

who said crime does not pay

 

[chriscls]

fight fire with fire

 

[Scott_F]

He really is a repugnant little weasel.

 

[markjay]

Why do we no do the same?

Say £100 in Exchange for lifting a one-week ban, or £1,000 for lifting a life ban, etc?

The proceedings can go towards bbq and beer for future GTGs.

 

[jotter22]

Why do we no do the same?

Say £100 in Exchange for lifting a one-week ban, or £1,000 for lifting a life ban, etc?

The proceedings can go towards bbq and beer for future GTGs.

Could DM afford it?

Tony.

 

[John]

He's not guilty though.

You tend to offer to pay people off when you are innocent don't you.

 

[markjay]

Could DM afford it?

Tony.

I rule that this is mildly offensive towards a fellow forum member. That'll be ten quid (hammer sound). We accept all major credit cards.

 

[guydewdney]

1.5% of his total worth?
60,000,000 / 4,000,000,000 = 0.015

Thats an equivilant of a £2,200 fine for the average person (147k uk average net worth).

 

[st13phil]

he really is a repugnant, very rich, little weasel.

ftfy

 

[st13phil]

1.5% of his total worth?
60,000,000 / 4,000,000,000 = 0.015

Thats an equivilant of a £2,200 fine for the average person (147k uk average net worth).

Maths is little off as, according to Forbes, Bernie is worth US$4,200,000,000 and it was a US$100,000,000 settlement, so that makes it 2.38% of his worth, equivalent to a £3,500 cost for the average UK citizen.

Another way of looking at it is that he can only do it a further 31 times before he ceases to be a US$ billionaire