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Banned Alviro Petersen hired bodyguard as he feared for his safety
- Updated: December 25, 2016
Alviro Petersen
Johannesburg: Banned former South Africa Test batsman Alviro Petersen pronounced Thursday he hired a bodyguard since he feared for a reserve of himself and his family during investigations into cricket match-fixing.
In a matter released by his free foundation, Petersen claimed that a defence discount he reached with Cricket South Africa (CSA), usurpation a two-year ban, irreproachable his insistence that he was not corrupt.
Petersen pleaded guilty to charges of unwell to divulge approaches to rivet in hurtful conduct, unwell to divulge full sum of justification involving another player, and of concealing and destroying evidence. CSA withdrew charges relating to regulating or contriving to repair matches and of usurpation or charity to accept a cheat or other prerogative to repair or change matches. The matter released on his interest said: “The events that gave arise to a charges Alviro has pleaded guilty to, took place underneath pressured and surprising circumstances.”
Petersen certified holding partial in discussions with former general actor and Lions authorization teammate Gulam Bodi, who was criminialized for 20 years for behaving as an surrogate for bootleg bookmakers. “These discussions took place during a time when Alviro knew that a regulating liaison was underneath review and he was assured that a regulating operation would be close down imminently. “Knowing that a match-fixing is tranquil by rapist gangs, Alviro feared for his and his family’s safety, to a indicate where he intent a bodyguard while personification for a Lions final season,” a matter added.
Petersen claimed he had assisted an anti-corruption officer, “to a indicate that he gave him information and sum of a probable repair that was going to occur hours before a game”. He certified that he should have reported his discussions with Bodi and should have done a full avowal earlier.