Pakistan's banned player Salman Butt to attend a Magistrate’s court in England
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s banned left-handed opening batsman Salman Butt has revealed that he would attend a magistrate’s court in London to face criminal charges on count of collaborating with a bookie to defraud bookmakers in England.
Butt stated his position on the matter by saying, "I can confirm that it is my intention to attend the hearing at the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/March-c74391 17." He refused to give any further details regarding his decision.
Butt, along with Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, was banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) from taking part in any cricket related activity because of an involvement in spot-fixing.
Earlier this month the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced that it would be filing criminal charges against the trio of Butt, Asif and Amir for which the players would have to appear in front of a magistrate’s court in London.
The CPS took this decision after the verdict of ICC’s anti-corruption tribunal which found the players guilty of taking bribes from a bookie http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mazhar-c75448 Majeed to bowl deliberate no-balls during Pakistan’s Lord’s Test against England in August last year. The
players could face jail if it is proved that they conspired with Majeed to defraud bookies in England.
Butt, who has been banned for a period of 10-years from cricket, revealed that he has challenged his punishment in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). In a statement made public by his lawyer Yasin Patel, Butt said, "This is to confirm that today my
legal team served a statement of appeal upon The Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) to appeal against the Tribunal's findings in relation to the Lord's Test and the sanctions imposed at the recent hearing in Doha."
The former Pakistan Test skipper reiterated that he had been advised by his lawyer not to speak further on the matter of his appeal against the ban. Earlier this week pacer Amir also announced that he had contested his five-year ban in the CAS in a bid to
get the ban lifted so that he would be able to renew his cricketing career. Fellow pacer Asif has also claimed to have challenged his seven-year ban.
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