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Print this article | Close this window Con man ready to reveal all in Blair witch- hunt By Eddie Fitzmaurice December 15 2002 Con man Peter Foster yesterday threatened to reveal everything about the scandal that has dogged British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie for the past 14 days. The Australian, convicted for fraud, said he would tell his story tomorrow in a move bound to set alarm bells ringing within Mr Blair's already shell-shocked Labour administration. Foster, 40, was previously reported to have been touting his story to British newspapers for £100,000 ($280,000), but yesterday indicated he would not be seeking payment. Speaking from the wheel of his Volvo sports convertible in London, Foster said: "There is going to be a sensational twist in all this. "I will be saying everything on Monday, and will be speaking to thePress Association [British news agency]." Foster is wanted by Australian authorities in connection with a slimming-pill scam in which investors lost more than $4.5million. "I have been vilified more than I could have imagined possible," he told the Daily Mirror. "I've held my tongue for two weeks. But now I've decided that enough is enough." Foster has been at the centre of a media frenzy since it was revealed he helped Mrs Blair buy two flats in Bristol, where the Blairs' son, Euan, is at university. Questions over the probity of the £525,000 deal intensified after it was revealed Mrs Blair had intervened in deportation proceedings against Foster, who is the boyfriend of her unofficial lifestyle adviser Carole Caplin. Mr Blair desperately tried to shut the story down on Friday when he bluntly refused to answer reporters' questions on the so-called "Cheriegate" scandal at a European Union summit in Copenhagen. But after a fresh raft of disclosures in yesterday's British newspapers it was clear the affair will rumble on. The Sun printed a second collection of transcripts detailing phone conversations between Foster and his 71-year-old mother, Louise Pelloti, in which he claimed he had explosive secrets that would rock the Labour Government. Foster, who described former topless model Caplin, 40, as "stupid" in an early taped call, also tells his mum his girlfriend is "nuts" in the latest transcript. Vowing revenge on Labour spin doctors for their campaign against him, Foster added: "I've got plenty of f****** ammunition I can fire at them. "I've got a couple of grenades I can throw back. Carole's angry, too. Look, I know she's nuts." The convicted con man also hinted he had reached a financial agreement with the Daily Mail, which has led the onslaught against Mrs Blair. His mother asks: "Will the Daily Mail still pay?" Foster replies: "I don't know, we'll wait and see what happens tomorrow. This story might not go away. "Blair threw the gauntlet down by saying if anyone's got any proof, come forward. "I'm not going to give in yet." Meanwhile the Daily Mail shifted its attack by asking whether Mrs Blair's purchase of the two flats had been funded by cash from an off-shore family trust based in the tax haven of Jersey. "The unanswered questions in this affair continue to multiply," the newspaper said in an editorial. "And not least of them is whether Mrs Blair should shoulder all the blame ... or whether the real fault lies with the Prime Minister himself." Downing Street was warned of an alleged blackmail attempt relating to Foster's involvement with Cherie Blair three days before the story broke, it was claimed last night. The media agency representing Carole Caplin said it had alerted Number10 on November 28 to an apparent blackmail letter which had been sent to Mr Foster. In a statement, MacLaurin Media said it had been approached on November 28 to "advise and assist" Miss Caplin after Mr Foster received the letter. 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