Paris Handball rigged three months suspended to 30 000 d … – Le Monde

Three months suspended sentence and 30,000 euro fine were required Monday, June 22 against Nikola Karabatic in the Criminal Court of Montpellier, in the trial of the case of suspects paris on handball match Cesson-Montpellier in May 2012, alleged rigged. The prosecutor had harsh words against the international star, asking the court to sentence “a spoiled child of French sport” .

“There is no room for ignorance. No, Mr. Karabatic, there is no bet has been made in your back! “ Patrick Desjardins launched the magistrate, directly addressing the FC Barcelona player who has always denied knowledge of any bet.

Mr. Desjardins denounced a “Team cheating” , demanding of fines of between 7,500 and 80,000 euros and jail sentences ranging from three to six months against the sixteen defendants prosecuted for fraud or complicity. As against the other seven handball, he required six months suspended sentence and 60,000 euros against Mladen Bojinovic three months suspended sentence and 20,000 euros against Luka Karabatic, Dragan Gajic, Issam Tej and Samuel Honrubia.

“There is no room for chance”

The justice suspected former players MAHB to have bet or wager is on defeating their team of France during a league match against Cesson-Sevigne 12 May 2012 and have the result oriented working against the club Herault “by modification or alteration of the game” .

The prosecutor focused his submissions on “the aberration of paris made at the meeting, not the game,” , stating that “99% of stakes were made by relatives or players from Montpellier Agglomeration Handball (MAHB) “. He also highlighted the timing of paris in Paris and Montpellier, the mixture of winning tickets to cover their tracks and the fact that none of the players has waived recover his winnings, which were removed in various cities of France continental and even Corsica.

“In this file, there is no room for chance, no room for acts of good faith paris” , has the prosecutor said, recalling that the disputed paris focused on the defeat of Montpellier at halftime of the game.

“With this diabolical combines survey and discussions demonstrated a cheating obvious, the same team of scam if all players MAHB are not involved. “

” 24,300 euros gain “

The prosecutor estimated that Luka’s brother Nikola Karabatic, ” had a central role in the first game, that is to say the setting of 8400 euros, which it earned 24,300 euros gain. He was commissioned to it in Paris, with the help of his companion. “

The lawyers of the five plaintiffs argued Monday before the criminal court: the French Games claimed one euro for non-pecuniary damage, and reimbursement of the earnings of paris. The National League and the French Handball Federation requested a euro and MAHB 1.2 million, all for moral damage.

In this case, six other players, former club physiotherapist Montpellier and partner of Nikola Karabatic also appear for fraud. Several people from the players’ entourage continued on the same charge or “complicity” as Jennifer Pray, Luka Karabatic’s partner.

The investigation into the alleged fake paris had started May 18, 2012 after the French game had alerted the judicial authorities on the amounts paris abnormally high compared to the stakes of the game. In total, the offending paris amounted to almost 100 000 to the rating of 2.9 against and 1 had reported a gain of about 300 000.