Ex-F1 boss Mosley talks about sexual 'quirk'

MAX Mosley has spoken about his interest in sadomasochism, saying it is a "quirk" of character and people are "animals in the end".

The ex-Formula One boss said his "deep interest" in beatings started when he was just three or four years old.

In 2008, the High Court awarded Mosley 60,000 damages against the News of the World after ruling there was no justification for a front-page article and pictures about his meeting with five prostitutes in a London flat.

The 70-year-old is now campaigning to force newspapers to notify their "victims" before exposing their private lives.

He has taken his case to the European Court of Human Rights, where judges will deliver a verdict later this year.

Asked about his interest in BDSM (bondage, dominance, sadism, masochism), he said: "I think it's like being homosexual. It's a quirk in your character. People have to be adult and simply say, well it's sex and sex is very strange. That's how it is, we're animals in the end."