Samuels to learn fate after guilty verdict

FORMER WEST Indies cricketer Marlon Samuels will learn of his fate when an Anti-Corruption Tribunal hears submissions from the stylish right hander and the International Cricket Council (ICC).

This, after Samuels was found guilty of four offences under the Emirates Cricket Board’s (ECB) Anti-Corruption Code and a tribunal upheld the verdict.

Samuels had opted to have his case heard by the tribunal after the ICC, in its capacity as the Designated Anti-Corruption Official during the Abu Dhabi T10 in 2019, had found him guilty of a number of offences.

According to the ICC, Samuels had broken Article 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.6., and 2.4.7 of the ECB’s anti-corruption code.

The ICC explained that Samuels failed to “disclose to the Designated Anti-Corruption Official, the receipt of any gift, payment, hospitality or other benefit that was made or given in circumstances that could bring the Participant or the sport of cricket into disrepute”, which is a breach of Article 2.4.2.

Samuels was found guilty of breaching Article 2.4.2 by majority decision.

However, in all other instances, the guilty verdict was unanimous.

According to the tribunal, Samuels was also guilty of “failing to disclose to the Designated Anti-Corruption Official receipt of hospitality with a value of US$750 or more”, which is a beach of Article 2.4.3.

Samuels was also found guilty of not cooperating with the investigation, which is a breach of Article 2.4.6 (Failing to cooperate with the Designated Anti-Corruption Official’s investigation).

But more than that, Samuels was also found to have actively obstructed the investigation, making him guilty of breaching Article 2.4.7, which says “obstructing or delaying the Designated Anti-Corruption Official’s investigation by concealing information that may have been relevant to the investigation”.