Racing boss Mosley wins privacy case

Jul 24 - Motor racing boss Max Mosley has won damages after a judge ruled his privacy was violated by a newspaper story about his part in a sado-masochistic orgy.

Mosley, president of Formula One's governing body and son of Britain's 1930s Fascist leader Oswald Mosley, did not deny taking part in a German-themed sex session with prostitutes, but told London's High Court his privacy was violated by the newspaper's reporting. In the story, published earlier this year, the newspaper said the orgy involved Nazi-style role-play, something Mosley denied and the newspaper failed to back up in court.

The judge awarded Mosley 60,000 pounds in damages and ordered the newspaper to pay his costs, estimated at 450,000 pounds.

Sonia Legg reports.