An attempt by a Kazakh mining giant to sue a British journalist for allegedly claiming it ordered the murders of three men has been thrown out by a judge.
At the high court on Wednesday, Mr Justice Nicklin dismissed the claim as he ruled that those parts of the book did not refer to the corporation. “Only individuals can carry out acts of murder or poisoning, only individuals can be motivated to do so to protect their business interests,” he said.by three central Asian oligarchs, Alexander Machkevitch, Patokh Chodiev and Alijan Ibragimov. The latter died last year.
The body of the third man, Andre Bekker, was found inside his burned-out Audi in South Africa the following year.
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