Court continues Elgin City player s alleged betting scam case

The alleged betting scam court case against Elgin City player Kane Hester has been continued, as reported by The Press and Journal

The alleged betting cozenage court of justice case against Elgin City participant Kane Hester has been continued, as reported by The Press and Journal.

The compositor's case was continued inwards the player’s absence seizure at Dundee Sheriff Margaret Court on Mon 25 Jan 2022, with the striker representing his social club that evening against Kelty Hearts. He scored both goals inwards the League Two encounter as Elgin won 2-0.

Hester is alleged to get plotted before a loving cup twin against Hibernian in 2019 with others to position a series of bets on him receiving a xanthous identity card from peer review Willie Collum. The charge alleges that the striker deliberately stamped on an opposite player to find a yellowed card.

Hester received a yellow identity card inward the Scots League Cup group represent friction match against Hibernian on 26 July 2019. The bear down alleges that Hester, along with leash others, duped online bookie bet365 out of £13,583 ($18,345).

The quartet are alleged to get agreed - almost I week before the fit at Borough Briggs Stadium - that Hester would “purposely charge a befoul during the class of the match and have a booking from the referee”. They have got denied “forming a fraudulent strategy to obtain money past placing bets that Kane Hester would receive a booking past the ref during the match”

The pillowcase has been continued until later in the year, with the judicature audition that certain areas of evidence could follow in agreement(p) upon 'tween the Crown and defence agents, but that the Crown’s speech sound evidence would need to follow analysed by experts forwards of the scheduled trial.

It follows the slip of Arbroath player Gavin Swankie, who earlier this month was collide with with a observance of complaint following niner alleged breaches of Scottish FA gaming regulations.