Blue Panther Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 The wife of Pakistan's former captain Salman Butt gave birth to a baby boy just minutes before her husband was found guilty on Tuesday of a 'spot-fixing' betting scam during a match against England. The 27-year-old's father, in Lahore, said the baby was born 30 minutes before the verdict - news that was splashed immediately all over Pakistani television stations. "Salman Butt has a baby boy 30 minutes before the verdict came," his father, Zulfiqar Butt, said, without giving the baby's name. "It's a matter of great grief for us that Butt has been found guilty. We hope the Almighty will bring him out of this trouble because these are very difficult times for him and the family," he added. It is Butt's first son - he already has a daughter. The former Test captain was convicted at Southwark Crown Court of conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments and conspiracy to cheat at gambling, while fast bowler Mohammad Asif was found guilty of conspiracy to cheat. Prosecutors alleged that they conspired with British agent Mazher Majeed and fast bowler Mohammad Aamer to deliver three intentional no-balls during the Lord's Test between Pakistan and England in August 2010. The pair were charged after allegations about their involvement in spot-fixing appeared in the now-defunct News of the World tabloid, owned by Australian-born media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, shortly after the Lord's Test. Butt and Asif, 28, had both pleaded not guilty. http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chann...ty-verdict-049 Feel sorry for this child, now the family might consider this child as unlucky.:(( Link to comment
achilles Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 For 20 something grand, they threw their professional lives away. Link to comment
Karan114 Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Butt the scumbag got what he deserved - surprisingly enough, the "match fixing text messages were just a joke" excuse didn't wash with the jury :cantstop: Feel so very sorry for the baby, though :(( Link to comment
Indiafan_Hyd Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 @Piersmorgan Message to Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif: you CHEATING B******S!!!! There, got it out of my system. Link to comment
Indiafan_Hyd Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Butt the scumbag got what he deserved - surprisingly enough, the "match fixing text messages were just a joke" excuse didn't wash with the jury :cantstop: Feel so very sorry for the baby, though :(( Dont be sorry. This is Pakistan... an immoral society... they will probably tell the kid that this was all a RAA, CIA,MOssaD conspiracy.... Link to comment
ravsdh Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Butt and Asif's ICC ban... neither were given a life ban. Surely in light of Amir pleading guilty, Asif and Butt being found guilty, that they must be given LIFE bans form the game; can the ICC amend their bans? Link to comment
Indiafan_Hyd Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Wow..so this means at least a few years in the British jails for these two. Pak cricket has achieved another first here. They will have plenty of company with all the other Pakis lodged there.. Link to comment
Sir john Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 verdict :nervous: jail Link to comment
singhprakash72 Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 jSnjcND7Y8o The tittle of the video is "salman butt te pabandi"...which is in Punjabi but aptly fits Butt character. Link to comment
cricket_usa Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 hmmm so will Butt be safe in the big house with a name like that? Will Butt be probed.....for more info? Link to comment
Rajiv Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Cool, so far the news were more to do with what they were wearing, Mr Butt in grey suit, open collar, Asif in black suit no tie But I wont hear the end of it, Butt in Orange suit, v-neck, asif waiting for his turn in the swing outside Link to comment
Sarkar Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Amir pleads guilty to spot-fixing the Pakistan fast bowler, has pleaded guilty to spot-fixing during the Lord's Test against England in 2010. He said there was "extreme pressure" on him and cited threats to his place in the side if he did not participate in the fixing. Amir gave his plea at the pre-trial at Southwark Crown Court on September 16, which had preceded the full trial attended by Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, who pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. Reporting restrictions under the United Kingdon's laws meant Amir's plea could not be published so as not to bias a jury ruling on the other two players. All three players faced charges of conspiracy to cheat, and conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments, following the Lord's Test during which they allegedly conspired with agent Mazhar Majeed and other people unknown to bowl pre-planned no-balls. Butt and Asif were found guilty by a jury at the Southwark Crown Court on both counts on November 1. Amir's basis of plea agreed by the prosecution was: * The defendant's involvement was limited to the final Test match at Lord's between August 26 and 29, 2010. * This was the defendant's first and only involvement and was, therefore, an isolated and one-off event. * The defendant only became involved as a result of pressure (not amounting to physical threats) and influence, to the effect that, if he did not become involved, he would suffer serious professional implications for his future career. "Amir wants to make it clear he wants to take full responsibility for what he did by bowling two deliberate no-balls," Amir's barrister Ben Emmerson QC said at the pre-trial. "This vulnerable 18-year-old boy, as he was then, was subjected to extreme pressure from those upon whom he should have been able to rely. He recognises the damage he has caused Pakistan cricket and he wishes to do his best to put that right." Prosecution evidence, however, suggested that rather than being an innocent, naý×e rookie who was taken advantage of, Amir seemed a willing conspirator, with text messages of fixing talk sent to two different Pakistan numbers that were recovered by police. Of further significance was Amir's basis of plea - he owned up only to fixing the two no-balls at Lord's. This was questioned by the judge, Justice Cooke, because there was evidence to be presented by the prosecution that showed suspicious behaviour connected to other matches that summer, chiefly the third Test at The Oval. On August 17, the eve of the Oval Test, Amir texted a Pakistani number with his bank details and asked why they were needed at that time. On the same day, Amir had a conversation by text with a Pakistani unknown. It went: "How much and what needs to be done?" Then: "This is going to be too much mate." The Pakistani unknown said in one: "So in first three, bowl however you want, and in the last two, do 8 runs?" These messages were translated from Urdu and were thought to be a repetition of instructions he had received at some point. When the police raids were carried out on the Saturday evening of the Lord's Test at the Marriott Regents Park Hotel, Amir sent a text to another Pakistan number from the phone of Azhar Majeed, the older brother of Mazhar, to say: "Amir here, don't call my phone, ICC-police have taken my phone, are you able to delete those calls you made to me? If you can do it okay, don't reply." During the trial, the prosecution also accused Azhar Majeed of being involved in fixing matches. Amir was also "well at it" - as chief prosecutor Aftab Jafferjee QC put it - before and during the Lord's Test with Mazhar Majeed. There were 65 forms of contact between Butt and Majeed and Amir and Majeed in the 36 hours leading up to the Lord's Test. Asif was not in touch then. The jury watched footage on TV sets in the court of Amir's behaviour after his no-balls. He repeatedly checked his spikes and Butt placed sawdust around the crease. Jafferjee called it "a performance". Two experts said the likelihood of correctly predicting when three no-balls would be delivered had a probability of a one in 1.5 million chance. Amir was the Player of the Series for the Tests in England, having taken five-wicket hauls in his last two matches. His involvement in fixing cost him an ICC Emerging Player of the Year nomination. http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/538662.html Link to comment
CSK Fan Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Asif wont be jailed. Butt might get a couple of years I guess Why? Both are guilty of same charges. Same with Amir Link to comment
sarcastic Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 again? He did it before the criminal prosecution is done but that is not revealed as it is against court norms etc. Now that the prosecution of Butt and Asif is done, his pleading of guilty to the current jury/justice has come out. Link to comment
CSK Fan Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Butt will def get jail term probably 4 years. Asif will get suspended sentence. why will they get different terms when they have been convicted of same charges? Link to comment
ganeshran Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 ^ Asif has been held not guilty on one charge. Jury wasnt able to reach a majority verdict Link to comment
Aaku Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 @_fakeiplplayer "Salman Butt's baby boy born on the day he's found guilty of spot-fixing" If life's a hindi film that boy wud grow up to lead Pak to WC win. :hysterical::hysterical: Link to comment
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