Jul.10 (GMM) Mike Coughlan remained silent on Tuesday even though Ferrari's High Court case against him commenced in London.
The suspended McLaren chief designer is now officially accused of receiving stolen and secret documents, and his wife was also named in court by Ferrari's lawyer for allegedly trying to photocopy the reams of Ferrari information at a commercial copying shop.
"Their conduct by taking these documents, knowing they were not entitled to them, keeping them and copying them, on any view they behaved disgracefully," Ferrari lawyer Nigel Tozzi told the court.
He added: "Ferrari would have remained blissfully ignorant of it if not for the tip-off."
The case will resume on Wednesday, when Coughlan has been ordered to explain how he came to possess the documents, allegedly sent to him by sacked Ferrari veteran Nigel Stepney.
Stepney, whose legal action by Ferrari is occurring separately in Italy and involves the police, denied any wrongdoing.
Ferrari may also seek to prosecute Coughlan according to Italian laws, the team's spokesman Luca Colajanni said on Tuesday.
Written: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:28:34
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