From memory Asif's no ball wasn't anywhere near as blatant as Amir's was it?£9,500 found in Amir's room by police, including £1,500 in News of the World's £50 notes ...
£8,000 cash found in Asif's rucksack in his room - no money from News of the World. He told police it was his allowance. (Richard DJ Edwards - Twitter).
Asif is a lucky bastard, he is just getting away with everything. So far only the no-ball against him (no texts, recorded conversations, etc).
What is it they're actually being charged with?@ Fred, If Asif is found not guilty, can he then have his 5 year ban overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland?
I suppose he might be able to reopen it but I'm assuming they're different situations ie the Crown Court standard of proof is beyond reasonable doubt, and while I don't know for sure I suspect the ICC disciplinary thing was on the balance of probabilities@ Fred, If Asif is found not guilty, can he then have his 5 year ban overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland?
Conspiracy to cheat, I thinkWhat is it they're actually being charged with?
So am I right in thinking that if the jury doesn't find enough evidence to convict Asif beyond all reasonable doubt of his charges it wouldn't necessarily impact on his conviction from the ICC?Conspiracy to cheat, I think
The Teflon DonAsif is a lucky bastard, he is just getting away with everything. So far only the no-ball against him (no texts, recorded conversations, etc).
That's certainly my viewSo am I right in thinking that if the jury doesn't find enough evidence to convict Asif beyond all reasonable doubt of his charges it wouldn't necessarily impact on his conviction from the ICC?
Yeah, the ICC tribunal doesn't require the same standard of proof as a court of law. It'd be somewhat analogous to the OJ Simpson case in a way.So am I right in thinking that if the jury doesn't find enough evidence to convict Asif beyond all reasonable doubt of his charges it wouldn't necessarily impact on his conviction from the ICC?
They've already had a hearing to determine that. Whether or not he's found guilty by a court of law or not isn't really relevant to anything that happened in that hearing because they're working on two completely different standards of proof.Yes but if the only evidence they have against him is the no-ball (which is the only thing at the moment), then how can the ICC be sure that Butt didn't ask him to bowl a no-ball and that he was really involved.