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Day: October 8, 2011
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CRIME
Ecclestone's F1 banker blackmail claim bolstered
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone's allegation that he was blackmailed into paying a German banker millions of dollars for the commercial rights of the sport have been backed by a former colleague of the banker.