Asif: 1 year, Butt: 2.6 yrs, Majeed: 2.8 yrs in jail

November 03, 2011 16:14

Judge Justice Cooke ruled at London's Southwark Crown Court today announced the sentencing of the three disgraced Pakistan cricketers convicted of spot-fixing.

Mohammed Asif gets a year in jail

Salman Butt gets 2 years, 6 months

and bookie Majeed gets 2 years, 8 months.

The judge said, "The offences [are] so serious that only a prison sentence will suffice."

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