Attew was also keen to set the record straight about any possible involvement of Ecclestone in the episode, as well as expressing his own anger that Mosley's failure to heed the advice he had been given had allowed it to all come to this.
“I hear things about people suggesting Bernie was behind this, but that is ridiculous,” he underlined. “From the very first indication Bernie and I, with Max's knowledge, have tried to find out who was the source.
“It was very clear that Max had disregarded both the advice he had been given and had failed to realise his vulnerability at that stage. The issue for me was his total disregard for genuine advice from individuals that he knew had his best interests at heart. When we saw what was in the
News of the World, Bernie was as flabbergasted as I was.”
Titon International previously hit the headlines back in 2006, when it emerged that murdered former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko had worked for the company as a consultant on Russian business. Litvinenko was poisoned with polonium-210, traces of which were found at Titon's Mayfair offices.
