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Summary British judge dismissed claims Aamer was only involved in one episode of spot-fixing.
Three Pakistan players are to be sentenced in spot-fixing case today.The court is back in session and the sentences are expected to be handed down any time now.The 19-year-old has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to cheat at gambling and to accept corrupt payments by plotting to bowl pre-arranged no-balls during the Test match between England and Pakistan at Lords in August 2010.Judge Jeremy Cooke, sitting at Londons Southwark Crown Court, said that text messages sent from murky contacts in Pakistan suggested the talented youngster was also implicated in fixing during the preceeding Test at The Oval.There are certainly texts and the like which suggest that Aamers first and only involvement was not limited to Lords, it was not an isolated and one-off event, Cooke said.Former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt and bowler Mohammad Asif were found guilty of the same two charges by a jury at the same court on Tuesday.
