MUNICH Germany (Reuters) - A German judge said on Tuesday he would discontinue for now a bribery trial against Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone following his offer to make a $100 million (74.69 million pounds) payment.
Judge Peter Noll told the court the suspicion of bribery against Ecclestone was by and large not backed up during the trial. He ordered Ecclestone to pay $100 million within a week - $99 million to the state and $1 million to a children's charity.
