Mosley sex games 'were not just Carry On fun'

Max Mosley's sadomasochistic session with five prostitutes was no "Carry On Spanking"-style caper, the High Court heard today.

In his closing speech in the motorsport boss's privacy action, Mark Warby QC, for the News of the World, said Mr Mosley had claimed that what the paper called a "sick Nazi orgy" was "nothing more than hanky-spanky".

But, said Mr Warby: "There was a general attempt ... to present it as some kind of worthy activity ... as though it was all being carried out under the guidance of the Bondage and Sadomasochism Regulatory Authority.

"It was even compared with Cowboys and Indians, as though it was dressing-up party." Mr Mosley, 68, son of Fascist leader Sir Oswald, says his life was devastated by tabloid intrusion, and is claiming damages. He denies playing the part of a concentration camp commandant and a death camp inmate in the sex games.

But Mr Warby said the events in a Chelsea flat in March were "depraved" and involved "psychological darkness", and the descendants of Nazi victims would be appalled. The newspaper says the story is one of "legitimate public interest". The hearing, before Mr Justice Eady, continues.