London: British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said everyone has taken their "pound of flesh" over his wife Cherie Blair's links to a convicted fraudster and now it is time to move on.

Asked about the latest allegations over his wife's links with Australian fraudster Peter Foster, a visibly annoyed Blair told reporters he has more important things to do than answering their questions over an issue that has nothing more to it as "everyone has had their pound of flesh".

Blair's comments at the European Summit in Copenhagen on December 12 came as Foster's solicitor insisted his firm had received no advice from Cherie Blair in his client's deportation case.

Solicitor David Janes spoke out after a newspaper claimed Cherie Blair had been closely involved in the case of Foster, boy friend of her confidant Carole Caplin.

Meanwhile, Carole admitted having legal documents relating to the deportation of her partner Peter Foster faxed to her at the Blairs' home. But she insisted the Prime Minister's wife did not look at them and had refused to get involved in the case of the convicted conman.

"Cherie told me it would not be right for her to read them as it was not her case, so I folded them up, put them in my bag and took them home," she said.

A spokesman of the Prime Minister's office told reporters that Carole's account was "entirely consistent" with its own insistence that Cherie Blair had not received the papers.

Cherie has faced a string of allegations relating to her involvement with Foster since it emerged he had helped her purchase two flats in Bristol, where her son Euan is studying in the university.

Carole, her friend and lifestyle advisor, had remained silent until December 12, but said she spoke out after being angered by fresh allegations about Cherie Blair's involvement in her partner's deportation case.

"I heard the news on the radio and I am just very angry about what I was hearing," she said.

In Copenhagen, Tony Blair said all questions had been answered over the last two weeks and he wanted to focus on the "things that are really important to people".

He challenged his critics, "Let me be very blunt with you. If anyone has any evidence at all – I mean real evidence – of anything criminal, illegal or improper, they should give that evidence to the appropriate authorities."

PTI