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Ex-umpire Hair鈥檚 troubles

Former test umpire Darrell Hair has avoided conviction after pleading guilty to stealing from his employer in what a magistrate called 鈥渁 monumental fall from grace鈥. Hair, who stood in 78 tests and is remembered for calling Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing in a test in Melbourne in 1995, pleaded guilty in the Orange Local Court on Monday to one charge of embezzlement and one of stealing. A fact sheet said Hair stole US$9,005.75 from D鈥橝quino鈥檚 Liquor in Orange between February 25 and April 28. He blamed a gambling addiction. The lawyer for the 65-year-old Hair, Andrew Rolfe, described the offending as 鈥渁n aberration鈥 in a lifetime of service. Magistrate Michael Allen did not record a conviction but sentenced Hair to an 18-month good behavior bond.


 

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