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Pakistan's Butt, Aamer lose fixing appeals

Disgraced Pakistan players Salman Butt and Mohammad Aamer lost their appeals today against their jail sentences for their part in a betting scam that rocked the world of cricket.

Updated on: Nov 23, 2011, 18:20:45 IST
AFP | By , London
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Disgraced Pakistan players Salman Butt and Mohammad Aamer lost their appeals on Wednesday against their jail sentences for their part in a betting scam that rocked the world of cricket.

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The Court of Appeal dismissed their appeals at a hearing in London.

On November 3, former Test captain Butt, 27, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison and promising fast bowler Aamer, 19, was ordered to serve six months in a young offenders' institution.

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