On one occasion he even expressed a dislike for the BBC because of the way he thought it had treated his so-called "cousin", Freddy Mercury, duringhis fatal illness.
"We don't want him to be given practically a life sentence of catching an illnessduringhis confinement even if he is found innocent, which we are confident he will be, " he said.
Murray fell ill at the Dubai Open two weeks ago and then pulled out of Great Britain's Davis Cup tie against Ukraine, saying the virus had hit him harder than any illnessduringhis career.