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Elgin City footballer implicated of match wagering fraud charge

7 March 2023

A Scottish league footballer implicated of hatching a plot with good friends to defraud a bookie had more than ₤ 2,000 in his bedside drawer, a trial heard.

Elgin City striker Kane Hester was found with the cash when his family home was robbed.

He denies backing himself to get reserved throughout a match versus Hibs as part of a scheme with three others to defraud Bet365.

Findlay Soutar, Calvin Parrott and Brodie Myres also reject the charge.

In a joint statement concurred by the Crown and defence legal representatives, it was confirmed that Mr Hester had picked up a yellow card throughout the first half of the Scottish League Cup game.

It likewise validated that the three other implicated had actually undertaken a number of financial deals in the hours before the match in July 2019.

Fiscal depute Stewart Duncan checked out the statement to jurors at Dundee Sheriff Court where the implicated, all from Montrose, have actually gone on trial.

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Mr Duncan said it was agreed as truth that Mr Myres had actually paid cash into Mr Soutar's account and likewise into an account belonging to Mr Parrott.

He stated bets worth thousands of pounds had been put on Mr Hester getting booked and the bookie had actually paid payouts at chances of 5-1.

Mr Duncan said it was concurred that mix bets - including Mr Hester getting a yellow card - were likewise put and won by members of the implicated group.

the yohaig code Scottish Football Association stepped in to produce a performance evaluation of Mr Hester throughout the match after being signaled about suspicious betting patterns on the video game.

The court was shown footage of Hester's home being raided and the footballer telling officers he knew what they were there for and would take them to the cash.

Hester said: "Do you understand what would be much easier? I understand what you are discussing. There's no point mucking you about.

"I've got the cash, it's at home. If I take you home and provide you the cash, that's what happened.

"I was booked in a video game and my good friends gave me money for it - ₤ 2,500."

Mr Hester is alleged to have actually plotted before the yohaig code match with three others to put a series of bets on him being booked by the referee.

The court heard ₤ 2,400 was later on discovered in his bedside drawer.

The charge alleges the four men got ₤ 17,333.32 in payments from Bet365 in 2019, and that ₤ 13,583.32 of it was gotten as unlawful earnings.

An alternate variation of the yohaig code charge declares they cheated at gambling by placing 5 bets on Mr Hester being scheduled and that he was shown a yellow card for a nasty, causing them incorrectly obtaining ₤ 13,583.32 in earnings.

The trial, before Sheriff Paul Brown, continues.

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