Date set for match-fixing retrial
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Your support makes all the difference.The retrial of three footballers and a Malaysian businessman accused of fixing football matches for a Far East betting syndicate will begin on 4 June at Winchester Crown Court, it was decided at a brief hearing in London yesterday.
Earlier this month, a jury at Winchester failed to reach verdicts in the case against the former Liverpool and Southampton goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar, the ex-Wimbledon and Aston Villa striker John Fashanu (above) the former Wimbledon goalkeeper Hans Segers, and a Malaysian businessman, Heng Suan Lim.
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