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Bernie Ecclestone faces bribery trial in Germany
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone will go on trial on bribery charges in Germany, likely in late April, a court said Thursday. The Munich state court said it decided to send the 83-year-old Ecclestone to trial following his indictment last May. He faces charges of bribery and incitement to breach of trust connected with a $45 million payment to a German banker, Gerhard Gribkowsky. Dates for the trial haven't yet been set but proceedings are currently expected to start at the end of April, a court statement said. Sentences in Germany for bribery range from three months to ten years in prison. Ecclestone's German lawyers, Sven Thomas and Norbert Scharf, said in a statement that 'the alleged...
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