Bernie Ecclestone has offered to pay £60m as settlement in his trial for alleged bribery in Germany.
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone
has offered to make a $100m (£60m) payment to end a trial on bribery
charges, a district court in Munich has said. The state prosecutors told
the court they would agree to accept his offer.
Ecclestone, 83, went on trial in Munich in April over allegations he bribed a former German banker as part of the sale of a major stake in the motor sport business eight years ago.
The state prosecutor told the court that Ecclestone's advanced age and other circumstances supported the acceptance of a settlement.
The British billionaire could have faced up to 10 years in jail and would have had to cede control of a business he has built up over the past four decades.
Under German law, judges, prosecutors and the defence can agree to dismiss a case or settle it with a light punishment, although terms for such an agreement are strictly defined.
The Munich state court has yet to decide whether to approve the deal, with a decision expected later Tuesday.
Ecclestone, 83, went on trial in Munich in April over allegations he bribed a former German banker as part of the sale of a major stake in the motor sport business eight years ago.
The state prosecutor told the court that Ecclestone's advanced age and other circumstances supported the acceptance of a settlement.
The British billionaire could have faced up to 10 years in jail and would have had to cede control of a business he has built up over the past four decades.
Under German law, judges, prosecutors and the defence can agree to dismiss a case or settle it with a light punishment, although terms for such an agreement are strictly defined.
The Munich state court has yet to decide whether to approve the deal, with a decision expected later Tuesday.
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