I did not find justice in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Salman-Butt-c2418 – Cricket News Update
Insisting that the English courts failed to provide him adequate justice during his trial for alleged involvement in spot-fixing, former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 captain Salman Butt, who was released from prison in the UK earlier this month, expressed the intent to request a fresh trial in Pakistan, in addition to registering an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
“It's the highest and [most] renowned court in England, but what happened with me I can say I didn't find justice,” Butt said at a press conference held at Model Town Greens, his former club ground. “I request the Chief Justice of Pakistan to review my case. I have also written to the CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) to take up my appeal and I'm waiting for their reply.”
Butt was sentenced in November late last year to 30 months in prison at the Southwark Crown Court in England. The charges against him included conspiracy to cheat and accept corrupt payments, after he was accused of having orchestrated a plot (during his term as Pakistan captain), with shady sports agent http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Asif-c1993 bowl deliberate no-balls during a Test match against England at Lord’s in August 2010.
He lost an appeal against the harshness of the verdict in November last year, but was released early (as per a UK government early release scheme for foreign nationals) after serving 7 months of his sentence. However, a 10-year ban from cricket (with 5 years suspended), issued to him by an http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 tribunal in February 2011, is still in effect. The 27-year-old has expressed the intent to appeal against the ban, and clear his name, maintaining that he had no part to play in the scandal.
“I expected justice. I didn't get it, even though there was no evidence against me that I ever exchanged messages with Mazhar to do spot-fixing, or I told the two bowlers to deliberately bowl no-balls in the fourth Test at Lord's,” he said, adding that his only mistake had been the failure to report Majeed (who he claimed had approached him on several occasions but been denied) to the ICC.
He also went on to insist that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Amir-c76675 and Mazhar Majeed had struck a deal between themselves. Stating that he had not wanted to name names during his trial, he held up a stack of papers which he claimed were transcripts of the communication that took place between Majeed and Amir.
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