38 in suspension

4th June 2011

A Wroclaw court this week started handing down sentences to some of the 113 people involved in the widespread corruption scandal that engulfed Polish football masterminded by Ryszard F. aka ‘the barber’. This Wednesday began with the easier part of the judgements, namely the sentences for the thirty-eight players, referees and FA and club officials who pleaded guilty and threw themselves on the mercy of the court.

All received suspended sentences and have been ordered to surrender all funds they received in bribes - an amount totalling over a million zloty. The court also doled out fines totalling PLN 1.2 mln to the thirty-eight. The severest sentence was handed out to Jerzy G., the f ...