Black made 'non-competition promise'

Media baron Conrad Black signed a contract promising not to compete with a company he himself controlled, an ex-employee of his Hollinger International newspaper empire, who said she sent him a £1.35m (€1.99m) cheque in return, told a court.

Angela Way, who worked in the Hollinger general counsel’s office, told the Chicago court she also sent cheques of £72,000 (€106,700) each to Hollinger executives John Boultbee and Peter Atkinson for signing similar non-compete contracts.