Spot-fixer Amir moved to more secure and safer rehab centre

November 08, 2011 13:31

Convicted for the spot-fixing scandal, Pakistan's tainted pacer Mohammad Amir has been moved from a notorious young offenders detention centre to a more secure and safer rehabilitation centre in the United Kingdom.

Amir, who has been sentenced to six months jail term by the crown court last week for his role in the spot-fixing scandal, has been moved from the Feltham Young Offenders Institution to a Her Majesty's Prison Portland known as
Weymouth in Dorset, England, Geo News channel reported.

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