Ecclestone takes a 'good whacking'

Posted on 29/11/2010

Bernie Ecclestone was knocked unconscious in the attack © Getty Images

Bernie Ecclestone made light of being the victim of a mugging outside his home last week despite being kicked unconscious by his attackers.

Ecclestone was sporting a very badly bruised eye on Saturday after his assailants fled with an estimated £200,000 worth of jewellery from him and girlfriend Fabiana Flosi.

"I'm feeling it now, a bit painful, it was a good whacking," said Ecclestone. "When I was on the ground I could hear Fabiana (Flosi) screaming for help and I took a kick or two in the head and went unconscious. When I came to there was blood everywhere from my head wound but I was lucky.

"It was completely stupid and uncalled for. If they had confronted me and asked for everything we had, I would have handed over everything in my pockets, my wallet, anything."

Ecclestone added that the muggers "ripped" the earrings from his girlfriend's ears but dismissed reports that the Hublot watch taken from his wrist was worth more than $300,000 as "bollocks".