LONDON, Oct 6: The High Court of Justice, Queens Bench, on Friday held that money used by Asif Ali Zardari to purchase the Rockwood Estate and Surrey Palace had been attained by corruption.

The government of Pakistan had established its case that the money used for purchase of the Rockwood Estate and Surrey Palace was corruption money earned through kickbacks and commission received from Swiss pre-shipment inspection companies, the court observed.

Justice Lawrence Collins, considered an authority in such complex trans-national cases, said in its 49-pages judgment that Mr. Zardari had concealed his ownership of Surrey Palace and now it was time for him to show that it was not purchased with corruption money.”

A full trial will commence shortly.—APP