'Appalled' at claim of job with cricket team Club speaks out over wife-beater's mitigation

A Leicestershire County Cricket Club spokesman said: "After Monday's widely reported claim by Mustafa Bashir in his plea of mitigation, following his conviction of actual bodily harm against his wife, that he had been offered a playing contract by Leicestershire County Cricket Club, the cl...

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Published inLeicester mercury
Main Author Troughton, Adrian
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Leicester (UK) MGN Ltd 30.03.2017
Subjects
Cricket
Criminal sentences
Domestic violence
Manslaughter
Prosecutions
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Summary:A Leicestershire County Cricket Club spokesman said: "After Monday's widely reported claim by Mustafa Bashir in his plea of mitigation, following his conviction of actual bodily harm against his wife, that he had been offered a playing contract by Leicestershire County Cricket Club, the club have taken immediate steps to bring to the attention of the authorities that Bashir's claim was wholly false. "The club are actively involved in the fight against domestic abuse and...