LONDON: A Former cricket star who used his ‘hero’ status to swindle £100,000 of cash meant for children’s coaching, is jailed for two years, reported Daily Mail.
Former county star secretly plundered more than £100,000 from one of the sport’s governing bodies to fund his love of lavish restaurants and luxury holidays, has been jailed.
According to the report, Andy Hayhurst, 52, played for Lancashire and Derbyshire and captained Somerset during his first-class playing career, swindled the cash over a period of seven years when it had been earmarked for the coaching of youngsters.
At Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester, Hayhurst, from Frodsham, Cheshire, admitted theft, fraud, obtaining property by deception, concealing criminal property and false accounting. He was jailed for two years after what a judge described as a ‘spectacular fall from grace.’ Reported Daily Mail.
In a twelve year first-class career starting in 1983, Hayhurst played for Lancashire, Derbyshire and Somerset, who he captained, and there were calls for an England place although he was never capped.
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