A wonderful quote from George Tombs, the biographer of Conrad Black, after listening to the former Telegraph media group owner's 20-minute oration in a US court:
"He talked as if he were Napoleon returning from Elba".
That's not so surprising, given Black's own fascination with Bonaparte. But the Coleman correctional facility in Florida is hardly Elba - or Saint Helena.
The speech made no difference because the disgraced fraudster was ordered back to jail. In a Guardian article, Tombs said that Black will be deported from the US once his sentence is completed. His most likely destination? Britain.
Sources: Independent on Sunday/The Guardian
