Saif Alrubie denies a single charge of sending an electronic communication with intent to cause distress or anxiety.
A football agent on trial in London has said it would be a 'suicide mission' to threaten someone with the 'might' of former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich behind them. Saif Alrubie, 45, allegedly implied the threat of physical intimidation in an email in May 2022 to the then director of football at the club Marina Granovskaia, demanding payment.
He told jurors: 'I'm sending an email to a woman who is the right hand of Roman Abramovich, one of the biggest Russian businessmen in the world. 'I'm only Saif Alrubie... I'm a small agent. I don't think I would be stupid enough to be threatening anybody let alone somebody with the might of Roman Abramovich . 'That would just be me on a suicide mission. I'm not that stupid.
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