Claims of Saddam fortune link to Alps murders

Executed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein once gave a £840,000 (€1.4m) fortune to the father of a Briton who was murdered in an Alps massacre, it has been claimed.

Hussain gave the money to the family of British engineer Saad Al-Hilli, 50, of Surrey, who was murdered with his wife in the Alps, the Daily Mail said.

The Iraqi leader is said to have deposited the sum in a Swiss bank account in the name of Al-Hilli’s father.