BREAKING: Court decides Chelsea coach’s fate amid jail threats
– Conte has been acquitted of sporting fraud charges
– A prosecutor had alleged the Italian coach witnessed a match fixing attempt during his time as coach of Sienna but failed to report
– The prosecutor had recommended a six-month suspended jail sentence and an €8,000 fine for the 46-year-old
– Judge Pierpaolo Beluzzi in a ruling today, May 16, dismissed the charges against the Conte
Incoming Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has been found not guilty to charges of sporting fraud during his time as coach of Sienna in 2011-2011.
The incumbent Italy coach was acquitted, despite the prosecutor recommending a six-month suspended jail sentence and an €8,000 fine for the 46-year-old.
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Antonio Conte
However, Judge Pierpaolo Beluzzi in a ruling today, May 16, dismissed the charges against the Conte.
Conte was accused of failing to report an attempt to fix a match against AlbinoLeffe when he was in charge of Serie B side Siena in 2010-11.
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He however denied any wrongdoing and the case was fast-tracked to avoid the issue dragging into the summer, when he will lead Italy at the European Championship in France before joining Chelsea.
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