Tom Bower on the grounds of the story being "substantially true". The action was heard in July 2009 and Desmond lost the case. An unauthorised biography by Bower of Richard Desmond, titled "Rough Trader", was written and printed in 2006, but still awaits publication. In 2011 Bower published a biography of the Formula One executive Bernie Ecclestone titled "No Angel: The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone." Ecclestone cooperated with Bower in the writing of the book, facilitating introductions to people for Bower. Over lunch Ecclestone told Bower "You write what you like, provided it's more or less the truth, because I'm no
Tom Bower law at the London School of Economics, before working as a barrister for the National Council of Civil Liberties. In 1970, Bower joined the BBC as a researcher on the programme "24 Hours" before becoming a reporter on "Panorama". He was a producer on "Panorama" from 1975 until 1987. He left the BBC in 1995. Bower is married to Veronica Wadley, former editor of the London "Evening Standard", and has four children. Bower's second book was "Klaus Barbie: The Butcher of Lyon" (1984) which documented Klaus Barbie's war crimes during World War II as head of the Gestapo in Lyon,