It was in the beginning of december of last year, as the former AIK:aren and Premier Leaguespelaren Dickson Etuhu and a 37-year-old high roller was acquitted from the suspicion of having tried to bribe, but AIK goalkeeper Kenny Stamatopoulos in the face stormatchen against IFK Gothenburg in the spring of 2017.
the Stockholm district court wrote, admittedly, in its judgment, that the two men ”made advances” on matchfixning when they traveled from Skåne to Stockholm to meet Stamatopoulos a few days before the match, but did not consider that there has been something mutförsök, then the AIK goalkeeper early on showed that he did not want to participate.
at the Riksenheten against corruption decided to appeal.
” I was surprised by the acquittal judgment of the district court and find that there are good prospects for the appellate court to come to a different decision. It is important to have the verdict examined, ” said Lindmark, who, after judgment has gone through the economic transactions between Etuhu and storspelaren that occurred before and after the match.
Now the court of appeal decided that the case should be taken up on 23 and 24 October. The people involved will not have to testify again, but the court of appeal will make use of the testimony from the hearing in the district court.
two years in prison for both Etuhu and 37-year-old, also a former elite football players. Both deny the crime.
DN is the name of Dickson Etuhu because he, unlike the 37-year-old decided to come forward and tell about the event.
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