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Elgin City Footballer Accused Of Match Betting Fraud Charge<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elgin City footballer implicated of match wagering fraud charge<\/p>\n

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7 March 2023<\/p>\n

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A Scottish league footballer accused of a plot with pals to defraud a bookie had more than \u20a4 2,000 in his bedside drawer, a trial heard.<\/p>\n

Elgin City<\/a> striker Kane Hester was found with the cash when his household home was raided.<\/p>\n

He rejects backing himself to get booked during a match against Hibs as part of a plan with 3 others to defraud Bet365.<\/p>\n

Findlay<\/a> Soutar, Calvin Parrott<\/a> and Brodie Myres also reject the charge.<\/p>\n

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In a joint declaration agreed by the Crown and defence attorneys, it was confirmed that Mr Hester had actually gotten a yellow card during the very first half of the Scottish League Cup game.<\/p>\n

It likewise validated that the yohaig code<\/a> 3 other implicated had carried out a variety of monetary transactions in the hours before the match in July 2019.<\/p>\n

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Fiscal depute Stewart Duncan checked<\/a> out the statement<\/a> to jurors at Dundee Sheriff<\/a> Court where the accused, all from Montrose, have gone on trial.<\/p>\n

Suspicious betting<\/a> patterns<\/p>\n

Mr Duncan stated it was concurred as reality that Mr Myres had actually paid money into Mr Soutar’s<\/a> account and likewise into an account belonging to Mr Parrott.<\/p>\n

He said bets worth countless<\/a> pounds had actually been put on Mr Hester getting reserved and the bookmaker had paid out payouts at odds of 5-1.<\/p>\n

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Mr Duncan stated it was agreed that combination bets – consisting of Mr Hester getting a yellow card – were also positioned and won by members of the accused group.<\/p>\n

The Scottish Football Association actioned in to produce a performance evaluation<\/a> of Mr Hester during the match after looking out about suspicious wagering patterns on the game.<\/p>\n

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The court was revealed video of Hester’s home being raided and the footballer informing officers he understood<\/a> what they were there for and would take them to the money.<\/p>\n

Hester said: “Do you know what would be much easier? I understand what you are talking about. There’s no point mucking you about.<\/p>\n

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“I’ve got the cash, it’s at home. If I take you home and provide<\/a> you the cash, that’s what happened.<\/p>\n

“I was booked in a game and my friends gave me cash for it – \u20a4 2,500.”<\/p>\n

Mr Hester is declared<\/a> to have outlined<\/a> before the match with three others to position<\/a> a series of bets on him being booked by the referee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The court heard \u20a4 2,400 was later found in his bedside drawer.<\/p>\n

The charge declares the 4 guys got \u20a4 17,333.32 in payments<\/a> from Bet365 in 2019, which \u20a4 13,583.32 of it was gotten as unlawful payouts.<\/p>\n

An alternate variation of the charge alleges they cheated at gaming by positioning five bets on Mr Hester being scheduled<\/a> which he was shown a yellow card for a nasty, leading to them incorrectly acquiring \u20a4 13,583.32 in jackpots.<\/p>\n

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The trial, before Sheriff Paul Brown, continues.<\/p>\n

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