Elgin City footballer accused of match wagering scams charge
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7 March 2023
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A Scottish league footballer implicated of hatching a plot with pals to defraud a bookmaker had more than ₤ 2,000 in his bedside drawer, a trial heard.
Elgin City striker Kane Hester was discovered with the cash when his family home was robbed.
He rejects backing himself to get booked throughout a match against Hibs as part of a scheme with 3 others to defraud Bet365.
Findlay Soutar, and Brodie Myres likewise deny the charge.
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In a joint statement agreed by the Crown and defence attorneys, it was validated that Mr Hester had picked up a yellow card during the very first half of the Scottish League Cup video game.
It likewise validated that the three other implicated had actually undertaken a variety of monetary deals in the hours before the match in July 2019.
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Fiscal depute Stewart Duncan read the statement to jurors at Dundee Sheriff Court where the implicated, all from Montrose, have actually gone on trial.
Suspicious betting patterns
Mr Duncan stated it was agreed as truth that Mr Myres had actually paid cash into Mr Soutar's account and also into an account coming from Mr Parrott.
He stated bets worth countless pounds had been positioned on Mr Hester getting scheduled and the yohaig code bookmaker had paid jackpots at odds of 5-1.
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Mr Duncan stated it was concurred that combination bets - including Mr Hester getting a yellow card - were also placed and won by members of the yohaig code accused group.
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The Scottish Football Association actioned in to produce a performance review of Mr Hester during the match after being notified about suspicious wagering patterns on the video game.
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The court was shown footage of Hester's home being raided and the footballer telling officers he understood what they were there for and would take them to the cash.
Hester said: "Do you understand what would be much easier? I know what you are discussing. There's no point mucking you about.
"I have actually got the yohaig code cash, it's at home. If I take you home and provide you the yohaig code cash, that's what happened.
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"I was booked in a video game and my good friends offered me money for it - ₤ 2,500."
Mr Hester is declared to have outlined before the match with three others to position a series of bets on him being scheduled by the referee.
The court heard ₤ 2,400 was later found in his bedside drawer.
The charge declares the 4 males received ₤ 17,333.32 in payments from Bet365 in 2019, which ₤ 13,583.32 of it was acquired as unlawful earnings.
An alternate version of the charge alleges they cheated at gaming by placing 5 bets on Mr Hester being reserved which he was shown a yellow card for a foul, resulting in them incorrectly acquiring ₤ 13,583.32 in earnings.
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The trial, before Sheriff Paul Brown, continues.
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Elgin City Footballer Accused Of Match Betting Fraud Charge
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