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When the couple decided to seek legal advice about recouping their losses, Mr Ross received – and recorded - a call from Mr O'Donovan, who was abusive and swore at them.

Later that evening, an Aston Martin source contacted BBC Sport to deny that anything was broken or that Stroll swore at colleagues.

He swore an oath to it, but he is too far gone to either acknowledge that or admit to it.

The problem for the American authorities was that the man they were seeking to extradite swore blind he was the victim of mistaken identity.

“Ah, this odious swindle, human life,” he swore, after his daughter Jean endured a major epileptic seizure.