London: Former agent of some Pakistan players and mastermind of the spot-fixing scam, Mazhar Majeed has fixed himself a comfortable cleaner’s job in jail.
British newspaper, the Sun has revealed that the Majeed picks up £9.50 a week for cleaning as a privileged con at Ford open prison, West Sussex.
He also gets his own cell with Freeview TV. “He’s over the moon. He could have been given harder jobs.”, the Sun added.
“He’s over the moon. He could have been given harder jobs,” a source told The Sun about the cricket agent who is serving two years and eight months jail sentence.
Captain Salman Butt, 27, and bowlers Mohammad Asif, 28, and Mohammad Amir, 19, were also locked up for the no-ball fixing scandal in 2010 against England.
The Prison Service said: “We do not comment on individual prisoners. Prisoners located in open conditions are rigorously risk-assessed.”
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