Prosecutors seek suspended sentence for Hoyzer

German prosecutors urged judges yesterday to give a suspended prison sentence to Robert Hoyzer, the referee at the centre of Germany's match-fixing scandal, and to send his gambling accomplice to jail. Hoyzer and four fellow accused in a two million...

German prosecutors urged judges yesterday to give a suspended prison sentence to Robert Hoyzer, the referee at the centre of Germany's match-fixing scandal, and to send his gambling accomplice to jail.

Hoyzer and four fellow accused in a two million euro betting fraud will learn their fate tomorrow, when the five-judge panel are due to give their verdicts.

Prosecutors want Hoyzer, who has admitted fixing or trying to fix nine matches, to receive a two-year suspended sentence for his part in a scandal that rocked German football.

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