Pakistan cricketers-Salman Butt, Mohd Asif and Mohd Amir-have been handed jail terms for their involvement in spot-fixing controversy that rocked cricket world in August last year.
Former captain Salman Butt got 2 years and 6 months imprisonment while Asif has been jailed for an year.
Another offender Mohd Amir, 19, would be detained for six months for his involvement in the fixing saga. He was originally sentenced to 6 months` imprisonment but had to revise the term to 6 months of detainment at a juvenile offenders` institution.
Bookie Mazhar Majeed has been given 2 years and 8 months jail term by the Southwark Crown Court in London.
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First Published: Saturday, November 05, 2011, 00:15