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Elgin City footballer implicated of match wagering scams charge
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7 March 2023
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A Scottish league footballer accused of hatching a plot with buddies to defraud a bookmaker had more than ₤ 2,000 in his bedside drawer, a trial heard.
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Elgin City striker Kane Hester was found with the money when his family home was robbed.

He denies backing himself to get booked throughout a match against Hibs as part of a plan with three others to defraud Bet365.

Findlay Soutar, Calvin Parrott and Brodie Myres also deny the charge.

In a joint statement agreed by the Crown and defence legal representatives, it was validated that Mr Hester had gotten a yellow card during the first half of the Scottish League Cup video game.

It also confirmed that the 3 other implicated had actually undertaken a number of financial deals in the hours before the yohaig code match in July 2019.

Fiscal depute checked out the declaration to jurors at Dundee Sheriff Court where the accused, all from Montrose, have gone on trial.

Suspicious betting patterns

Mr Duncan said it was concurred as reality that Mr Myres had paid cash into Mr Soutar's account and likewise into an account coming from Mr Parrott.

He said bets worth countless pounds had been positioned on Mr Hester getting reserved and the bookmaker had actually paid earnings at odds of 5-1.
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Mr Duncan stated it was concurred that mix bets - including Mr Hester getting a yellow card - were likewise positioned and won by members of the implicated group.

The Scottish Football Association stepped in to produce a performance review of Mr Hester throughout the match after looking out about suspicious betting patterns on the game.

The court was shown video of Hester's home being robbed and the footballer telling officers he knew what they were there for and would take them to the cash.

Hester said: "Do you know what would be much easier? I understand what you are speaking about. There's no point mucking you about.

"I have actually got the money, it's at home. If I take you home and provide you the cash, that's what occurred.

"I was reserved in a game and my friends gave me money for it - ₤ 2,500."

Mr Hester is alleged to have actually plotted before the match with three others to put a series of bets on him being booked by the yohaig code referee.

The court heard ₤ 2,400 was later on discovered in his bedside drawer.

The charge declares the 4 males received ₤ 17,333.32 in payments from Bet365 in 2019, and that ₤ 13,583.32 of it was acquired as illegal profits.

An alternate version of the charge alleges they cheated at betting by placing five bets on Mr Hester being reserved and that he was shown a yellow card for a foul, leading to them wrongly getting ₤ 13,583.32 in winnings.
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The trial, before Sheriff Paul Brown, continues.

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