Pakistan scam-linked club chief dies
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October 5, 2010, Tuesday
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DAVID Le Cluse, the chairman of an English semi-professional football club caught up in Pakistan's cricket fixing scandal, has been found dead. He was 44.
The Croydon Athletic chairman is believed to have suffered a gunshot wound to the head in a garage near his home on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
"The circumstances of his death are being treated as unexplained. Inquiries are ongoing," the statement added.
The Times newspaper reported yesterday it was an apparent suicide.
Le Cluse was appointed chairman of Croydon last November by club owner Mazhar Majeed, who was arrested in August on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud bookmakers following allegations that members of the Pakistan team were involved in spot fixing during their recent tour of England.
Majeed is alleged to have taken 150,000 pounds (US$240,000) from British tabloid the News of the World in return for information about three Pakistan players - Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif - ensuring that no-balls were deliberately bowled during the fourth test at Lord's in London in August.
The newspaper also reported Majeed's claims that he laundered millions of pounds through Croydon, quoting him as saying that was the "only reason" he bought the club in 2008.
Le Cluse confirmed last month that investigators from the British tax office had been at the club to look into the claims.
"He (Le Cluse) was very upset at the allegations and the club getting involved," Croydon's former manager, Tim O'Shea, told The Times.
Croydon released a statement, saying the club was "deeply shocked and saddened by the sudden tragic death" of father-of-two Le Cluse.
Majeed was released on bail after being questioned by police following the fixing allegations.
The three Pakistan players under investigation were charged and provisionally suspended under the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption code. They all deny any wrongdoing.
The Croydon Athletic chairman is believed to have suffered a gunshot wound to the head in a garage near his home on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
"The circumstances of his death are being treated as unexplained. Inquiries are ongoing," the statement added.
The Times newspaper reported yesterday it was an apparent suicide.
Le Cluse was appointed chairman of Croydon last November by club owner Mazhar Majeed, who was arrested in August on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud bookmakers following allegations that members of the Pakistan team were involved in spot fixing during their recent tour of England.
Majeed is alleged to have taken 150,000 pounds (US$240,000) from British tabloid the News of the World in return for information about three Pakistan players - Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif - ensuring that no-balls were deliberately bowled during the fourth test at Lord's in London in August.
The newspaper also reported Majeed's claims that he laundered millions of pounds through Croydon, quoting him as saying that was the "only reason" he bought the club in 2008.
Le Cluse confirmed last month that investigators from the British tax office had been at the club to look into the claims.
"He (Le Cluse) was very upset at the allegations and the club getting involved," Croydon's former manager, Tim O'Shea, told The Times.
Croydon released a statement, saying the club was "deeply shocked and saddened by the sudden tragic death" of father-of-two Le Cluse.
Majeed was released on bail after being questioned by police following the fixing allegations.
The three Pakistan players under investigation were charged and provisionally suspended under the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption code. They all deny any wrongdoing.
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