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Will help ED investigation only if client is granted bail: Michel's lawyer

She maintained since his extradition to India, Michel's interrogators in Delhi have told him, 'If you want to be a witness, you confess. If you want to be an accused, you don't confess'

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Agusta Westland scam accused middleman Michel Christian at CBI headquarters in New Delhi, on early Wednesday | Photo: PTI

Ashis Ray London
Rosemary Patrizi, the Italy-based lawyer of British arms dealer Christian Michel — a suspect in the AgustaWestland VIP chopper scam — has assured the Enforcement Directorate (ED) she would cooperate with the investigation only if her client is granted bail.

In an email sent to Naresh Malik of the ED on January 14, Patrizi said: "I'm trying to talk to my client. Until now, he was unable to make phone calls, and today he was authorised 15 minutes a week. I do not know when he will contact me. In any case, I agree to cooperate with the investigations. My