Pakistan spot-fixing trial: Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir to learn fate

D-Day: Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir will find out whether they will be prosecuted when verdict into 'match-fixing' scandal is deliveredPhoto: GETTY IMAGES
By Telegraph staff and agencies8:02AM GMT 04 Feb 2011
Senior lawyers at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have been considering evidence that the men conspired to defraud bookmakers for several months.
A fourth man, businessman Mazhar Majeed, could also be charged over allegations he accepted 150,000 to fix the actions of players during a Test match against England at Lord's in August last year.
Captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have all been interviewed under caution by Metropolitan Police officers. Majeed was arrested.
Butt, Asif and Amir were provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) last year. The three players deny the charges brought by the ICC under their anti-corruption code.
A fifth man, player Wahab Riaz, was also interviewed under caution but it is understood prosecutors did not consider bringing charges against him.

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