MUNICH Germany (Reuters) - A jailed German banker said on Friday he could not explain why Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone made a multi-million dollar payment to him that is central to the prosecution case in the Briton's bribery trial.
Ecclestone is accused of bribing banker Gerhard Gribkowsky by channelling $44 million to him in return for smoothing the sale of a stake in Formula One held by bank BayernLB to the private equity firm CVC eight years ago.
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