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Posted May 23, 2014 23:57 · last edited March 18, 2021 07:29

Arsenal wrote:
aitkenmike wrote:
detoxin wrote:

Have people's opinion changed about Vincent now that it's come out he doesn't have immunity?

The question is whether he will face criminal charges - a possibility given he fixed games in the UK.


Not sure this is correct. According to the Guardian:

"The ECB has laid 14 charges against Vincent arising from Sussex’s defeats by Lancashire in a T20 quarter final and by Kent in a 40-over match, both at Hove and both televised. Arif has been charged with six offences in relation to the Kent game. But that could only lead to cricketing sanctions – almost certainly a life ban, if found guilty – because match-fixing is not a criminal offence in this country, unlike in New Zealand. The ECB’s chairman Giles Clarke has reaffirmed this week that he would like that situation to change."

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/may/23/lou-vincent-cricket


I take it back then, I thought it was a criminal offence there, but obviously not.  If thats the case then anyone suggesting a plea bargain was an idiot - there is no way the cricket authorities can not ban him for life and still retain any credibility in the fight against the corruption in the game at the moment.

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Arsenal wrote:
aitkenmike wrote:
detoxin wrote:

Have people's opinion changed about Vincent now that it's come out he doesn't have immunity?

The question is whether he will face criminal charges - a possibility given he fixed games in the UK.


Not sure this is correct. According to the Guardian:

"The ECB has laid 14 charges against Vincent arising from Sussex’s defeats by Lancashire in a T20 quarter final and by Kent in a 40-over match, both at Hove and both televised. Arif has been charged with six offences in relation to the Kent game. But that could only lead to cricketing sanctions – almost certainly a life ban, if found guilty – because match-fixing is not a criminal offence in this country, unlike in New Zealand. The ECB’s chairman Giles Clarke has reaffirmed this week that he would like that situation to change."

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/may/23/lou-vincent-cricket


I take it back then, I thought it was a criminal offence there, but obviously not.  If thats the case then anyone suggesting a plea bargain was an idiot - there is no way the cricket authorities can not ban him for life and still retain any credibility in the fight against the corruption in the game at the moment.