Strathman Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Do players get the jail for this? Only ones I can remember getting time were the Pakistani cricketers that were bowling no balls to order. When the footballers were kicking the ball out the park at the kick off it was a big joke. West Ham and Southampton spring to mind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichtie78 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Hester not proven at court. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teekasule Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 22 minutes ago, Lichtie78 said: Hester not proven at court. Hope he had good odds on that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1993 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 All youse on here who had him guiltyKnew it would be a difficult charge to stick. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo83 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Dodged a bullet their Kane!! Sums up the justice system in this country,he admits to the crime and nothing happens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carse of Gowrie Saint Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 There was no evidence to prove he agreed to deliberately receive a booking from Day 1. Accepting £2500 from friends as they had placed a bet on him being booked is not a crime.. Jury taking less than an hour to return verdict tells you everything, he was never getting a guilty verdict, total waste of public funds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreElgin Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Jimmy Shaker in the mud 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1993 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 2 hours ago, mo83 said: Dodged a bullet their Kane!! Sums up the justice system in this country,he admits to the crime and nothing happens. He never admitted to the crime, only his mates giving him money from a bet they won on him getting booked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1993 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 56 minutes ago, Carse of Gowrie Saint said: There was no evidence to prove he agreed to deliberately receive a booking from Day 1. Accepting £2500 from friends as they had placed a bet on him being booked is not a crime.. Jury taking less than an hour to return verdict tells you everything, he was never getting a guilty verdict, total waste of public funds. Absolutely 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Elgin City Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Can the SFA still step in an ban him now or is that the end of it. Pleasantly surprised by that verdict i must say 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1993 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Don’t think SFA can do anything to him but there are about 6 other players at Elgin and several others in Scotland who have been caught betting on matches and are due bans. I think SFA have had to wait for the outcome of the trial in case their actions prejudiced the trial. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 On 08/03/2023 at 06:26, lionel wickson said: It's a jury trial, anything can happen. On 08/03/2023 at 07:00, FifeSons said: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonystenny Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 I would be surprised if the SFA, at the very least don’t look at this further given the nature of the allegation. I suspect they already have given it potentially involves other players as some have already mentioned. To prove a criminal charge the Crown are required to present evidence to prove it beyond reasonable doubt which is rightly a high threshold to meet. On this occasion it appears the Crown couldn’t sway the jury, or enough of them and that comes down to how well the Crown did their job. Reading between the lines, it appears the jury thought that he was ‘probably guilty’ but the ‘Not Proven’ verdict is a half way house available to them and not at all a satisfactory outcome. Juries at the end of the day are notoriously fickle. The SFA will most likely not need that burden of proof and may work on the balance of ‘probability’ which is a lower standard to establish wrongdoing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloon Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Lucky boy that’s what I think I thought he was going to get battered by the courts for it but then not sure if the sfa will look into there own disciplinary rules but glad of the outcome in court 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 12 hours ago, Carse of Gowrie Saint said: There was no evidence to prove he agreed to deliberately receive a booking from Day 1. Accepting £2500 from friends as they had placed a bet on him being booked is not a crime.. Jury taking less than an hour to return verdict tells you everything, he was never getting a guilty verdict, total waste of public funds. I'm forever giving my mates money from my bets just out of the goodness of my heart, especially 2 fucking grand. Just because it's a difficult thing to prove doesn't mean it shouldn't have gone through the courts. He's a lucky, lucky boy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1993 Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 8 hours ago, Tonystenny said: I would be surprised if the SFA, at the very least don’t look at this further given the nature of the allegation. I suspect they already have given it potentially involves other players as some have already mentioned. To prove a criminal charge the Crown are required to present evidence to prove it beyond reasonable doubt which is rightly a high threshold to meet. On this occasion it appears the Crown couldn’t sway the jury, or enough of them and that comes down to how well the Crown did their job. Reading between the lines, it appears the jury thought that he was ‘probably guilty’ but the ‘Not Proven’ verdict is a half way house available to them and not at all a satisfactory outcome. Juries at the end of the day are notoriously fickle. The SFA will most likely not need that burden of proof and may work on the balance of ‘probability’ which is a lower standard to establish wrongdoing. The other players were not involved in this case. They are your big standard betting on matches which players are not allowed to. You of course are correct about the burden of proof but I would think it would be a legal minefield with the criminal not proven, which as you say is not a not guilty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WC Boggs Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 (edited) Fine, but if Hester gets taken short for a piss at Annan and does a skoosher on one of the penalty spots, resulting in multiple new millionaire creation, I for one will have my suspicions. Edited March 11, 2023 by WC Boggs typos 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo83 Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 You would think with KH telling the police "I know what you are here for"when they raided his home would be enough to convict him.Plus the fact he was going to entertain his pals he might get booked V Hibs.The biggest farce of it all his him saying he is an "Aggressive player" just lie after lie. But well done to him and his pals played a blinder indeed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 If I was Hester, I’d be suing the CPS for loss of earnings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon9736 Posted March 11, 2023 Author Share Posted March 11, 2023 On 07/03/2023 at 15:34, searchers1963 said: How is Mitch Taylor getting on at Elgin. Reading the last few posts things aren't going well lately He is mince. Fast, strong, cant't put in a cross tho. Definitely not better than what we already had. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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