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| | Playboy's death was not murder, says coroner |
 | | Christopher Dawes, 39, the playboy chairman of Micromuse computer company, and two passengers were killed instantly when he lost control of the high performance car half a mile from his home. |
 | | But Lawrence Kershen, QC, representing Mr Dawes' parents who live in Adelaide, Australia, said it was his case that the deaths were caused not by the impact of the crash but by some "prior cause", either an "explosion" or some tampering with the car. |
 | | Mr Dawes, who was born in Adelaide, Australia, had made an estimated £100 million through the computer business he set up from the loft of a terrace house in Fulham with the aid of a small loan from the Greater London Enterprise Board. |
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