London: A jury at the London’s Southwark Crown Court has found former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Muhammad Asif guilty in cricket corruption case.
The 12-member jury comprising six men and six women heard the case for over three weeks.
The members of the jury were divided 10-2 on the verdict.
Asif has been declared guilty of conspiracy to cheat but the jury was unable to reach a verdict on the charge of whether he accepted cash, found from him, for doing any wrong.
The former captain could face seven years in jail. Justice Cooke to reconsider the second charge which has a maximum custodial sentence of seven years.
Conspiracy to cheat holds a maximum custodial sentence of two years.
Gambling Act 2005 have been charged for the first ever time.
It is to mentioned here that fast bowler Mohammad Amir had already pleaded guilty to the charges.
Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were charged with spot-fixing during the Pakistan’s tour of England in August 2010. Mazhar Majeed an agent is accused of providing money to these three players to bowl no-balls in Pakistan’s Test match against England. This spot-fixing scandal was disclosed by News of The World newspaper.
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