Friday, July 13, 2007

Press baron Black loses fight of his life

(Reuters) - On Friday he lost perhaps the most important battle of his life when a jury in Chicago found him guilty of multiple counts of criminal fraud, related to allegations that he stole millions from Hollinger International Inc., the former newspaper publishing empire he once controlled.




In the 15-week trial, the verbose Black was described as snotty and arrogant by his own lawyers, who argued that that did not make him guilty.


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