Last updated: Sunday, May 14, 2006
KNOPFLER'S LEGAL WAR
DIRE STRAITS rocker MARK KNOPFLER has launched a lawsuit after a road crash left him seriously injured and unable to work for seven months.
Mark Knopfler
The BROTHERS IN ARMS star is seeking $540,000 (GBP300,000) in compensation after motorist MONICA BELTRAN suddenly swerved and knocked him off his motorbike in central London in 2003.
The 25-year-old driver was convicted of careless driving and deported back to her native Ecuador after serving a 15-month jail term for a false passport offence.
Knopfler broke his collarbone, shoulder and seven ribs, and had to cancel a tour as a result of his injuries.
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