ADO Den Haag’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gino-Coutinho-c14919 given a 12-month prison sentence: Football News
ADO Den Haag's goal-keeper, Gino Coutinho, along with his girlfriend has been given a 12-month prison sentence following their involvement in various unlawful acts. The player owned a major cannabis farm, and was involved in forgery and money laundering scandals. The public prosecutor, on Thursday morning, revealed that all the allegations have been proved against Coutinho and his girlfriend.
Coutinho’s father, the 54-year-old William H. has already been sentenced to two years imprisonment for large-scale hemp cultivation in March. Reports confirmed that the 54-year-old Dutch national grew over 4200 marijuana plants in a shed in Ens, a village in the Dutch province of Flevoland. William H accepted all the allegations in court last month. Hence, he was given 24-month prison sentence.
According to reports, the Amsterdam police raided on a warehouse in Ens containing large amount of marijuana in August 2009. Police arrested Coutinho and his girlfriend from the scene. Investigations were ongoing since then, but the duo always denied about knowing anything. The warehouse was also registered to the ADO’s gloves man that made the case much stronger.
However, the case has now been finalised and the verdict has been given, as Coutinho and his girlfriend have been sentenced to one-year imprisonment on Thursday, April 21.
ADO would be disappointed with the verdict, as the 28-year-old Dutch U-21 international has remained their first choice goal-keeper in this season. However, it looks like that they now have to rely on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robert-Zwinkels-c31288 in the net for the remaining season. Zwinkels has been the part of ADO since his arrival in 2005-06 season at the Kyocera Stadion.
ADO are currently placed fifth in the league table and battling for a UEFA Europa League group stages berth. The outfit from The Hague have to play a difficult encounter against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 Enschede at the Kyocera Stadion on Friday, April 22.
John van den Brom, ADO manager, has to improvise the starting line-up against the Tukkers in the upcoming encounter and most likely Zwinkel will replace Coutinho.
The players have to forget about all the off-field happenings and focus on to the upcoming encounter against the Tukkers. Brom also has to boost his troop's morale and look to secure maximum points in front of their home crowd.
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