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cycling champion Museeuw convicted in doping case
[SIZE=-1]guardian.co.uk, UK - 11 minutes ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]A Belgian court found former world champion Johan Museeuw and nine others guilty of doping offences on Tuesday, sentencing the ex-cyclist to a suspended jail term and a fine.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Museeuw and three other former Belgian riders received 10-month suspended sentences and were each ordered to pay 2,500 euros ($3,416).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Chief defendant, veterinarian Jose Landuyt, and masseur Herman Versele received both a one-year suspended sentence and the same 2,500 euro fine.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The men were found guilty of various charges of importing, possessing or using endurance-boosting drugs EPO and Aranesp.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Three other cyclists also received suspended sentences and fines, one man just a fine and a final man was acquitted.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Prosecutors had demanded a two-year sentence, half of it suspended, for Landuyt and fines for Museeuw and the other "immoral" cyclists.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Museeuw, considered the best one-day cyclist of recent times, admitted in Jan. 2007 to taking performance-enhancing drugs towards the end of his career.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The trial in the western Belgian city of Kortrijk finally began more than a year ago, but was put on hold for 11 months from October 2007.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The criminal case involved four years of investigation, with telephone tapping and a number of police raids.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Investigators said they counted over 200 calls and mobile text messages between Museeuw and Landuyt over a short period of time.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]It was not yet clear on Tuesday whether Museeuw or the other defendants would appeal against the ruling. (Reporting by Antonia van de Velde, editing by Ken Ferris) ...[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]guardian.co.uk, UK - 11 minutes ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]A Belgian court found former world champion Johan Museeuw and nine others guilty of doping offences on Tuesday, sentencing the ex-cyclist to a suspended jail term and a fine.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Museeuw and three other former Belgian riders received 10-month suspended sentences and were each ordered to pay 2,500 euros ($3,416).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Chief defendant, veterinarian Jose Landuyt, and masseur Herman Versele received both a one-year suspended sentence and the same 2,500 euro fine.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The men were found guilty of various charges of importing, possessing or using endurance-boosting drugs EPO and Aranesp.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Three other cyclists also received suspended sentences and fines, one man just a fine and a final man was acquitted.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Prosecutors had demanded a two-year sentence, half of it suspended, for Landuyt and fines for Museeuw and the other "immoral" cyclists.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Museeuw, considered the best one-day cyclist of recent times, admitted in Jan. 2007 to taking performance-enhancing drugs towards the end of his career.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The trial in the western Belgian city of Kortrijk finally began more than a year ago, but was put on hold for 11 months from October 2007.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The criminal case involved four years of investigation, with telephone tapping and a number of police raids.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Investigators said they counted over 200 calls and mobile text messages between Museeuw and Landuyt over a short period of time.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]It was not yet clear on Tuesday whether Museeuw or the other defendants would appeal against the ruling. (Reporting by Antonia van de Velde, editing by Ken Ferris) ...[/SIZE]
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