But the long legal battle seems likely to continue to tarnish what was once the most sterling scientific reputation in the drug industry.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Using data from the Aids Linked to Intravenous Experience (ALIVE) study of 3, 380 intravenous drug users, Dr Sterling and his colleagues studied individuals who had contracted HIV within 12 months of a previous visit and before December 1997.

BBC: HIV test

They used football terms to communicate, so 'tickets' was code for drug money and 'united' code for sterling.

BBC: Operation Beath