Former
Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt and bowler Mohammad Asif were
jailed for 30 months and one year respectively on Thursday after being
found guilty of taking bribes to fix parts of a test match against
England in 2010.
Pace bowler Mohammad Amir, who pleaded
guilty before the trial of his two team mates, was sentenced to six
months in a case that prosecutors said had revealed rampant corruption
at the heart of international cricket.
The three were part
of a gambling-inspired plot to bowl no-balls at pre-arranged times
during a test match at Lord's in London in August 2010.
Sports
agent Mazhar Majeed, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to cheat and
conspiracy to making corrupt payments at a pre-trial hearing, was jailed
for two years and eight months at London's Southwark Crown Court.
Butt, 27, and Asif, 28, were found guilty on Tuesday of taking bribes to deliver pre-arranged no balls.
Amir,
19, admitted his part in the scam before the trial started and had also
offered a heartfelt apology during the sentence hearing.
The trio have already been banned from playing by the International Cricket Council for a minimum of five years.
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