Thursday 6 March 2008

Scum footballer - wheres the justice?

Yet another example of a fucking crazy law. Not legal law though for a change, FA Law !

The above scummer is called
Ashley Sestanovich, he has been charged and jailed for 8 years for his part in a robbery that went wrong and a man was killed.

Grays Athletic a non league football team terminated his contract before he was convicted,

Grays have been given 14 days by the FA to pay Sestanovich £14,000 for the five months up to his conviction.

He was jailed for eight years. Two other men were jailed for life for shooting a man dead during the raid.

An FA disciplinary hearing ordered Grays to pay Sestanovich five months' wages, in June, last year, after ruling they were in breach of FA regulations.

The club must also pay a £500 fine and the hearing's costs.

If they fail to do so, the south Essex club will be suspended from all football.

What the Fuck ! and after reading the following statement by the chairman Mike Woodward it makes even more of a farce. He played 20 mins of a pre season friendly and lied to them before being offered the contract.

The club claim that Sestanovich originally told them he was being held on remand for motoring offences, but once the nature of the charges became known they served him with 14 days' notice.

'Shot in cold-blood'

Grays chairman Mike Woodward said: "I am bitterly disappointed in the FA's judgment, all they seem to want to do is take money from football clubs.

"We are being forced to pay approximately £14,000 to a player who only had three training sessions and 20 minutes in a pre-season friendly due to his involvement in a heinous crime which saw a young father shot in cold-blood.

"Unfortunately my principles will not allow me to pay this money from either my own pocket, or from the club's, and the directors are of the same opinion.

"I feel sorry for the supporters of this club but I hope that you will back me on this decision."

The FA said because Sestanovich was arrested after he signed for Grays, the club were obliged to honour his contract until he was actually convicted of an offence, under contract law.

STICK TO YOUR MORALES MIKE THIS MOANING BASTARD IS RIGHT WITH YOU.

Full story off the bbc site HERE

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