Five years asked for Juve ex-CEO

| Mon, 05/11/2009 - 06:37

Prosecutors on Monday asked for a five-year jail term for former Juventus CEO Antonio Giraudo in a trial stemming from Italy's 2006 Calciopoli match-fixing scandal.

Giraudo, who has opted for a fast-track trial where shorter sentences are mandated, is accused of sporting fraud and criminal conspiracy.

The sentence was the longest of those requested against the 11 Calciopoli defendants who have opted for shorter proceedings.

The former head of the Italian referees association, Tullio Lanese, saw a sentence request of two years.

Sentences ranging from one year to three and a half years were requested for six former referees and three former assistant referees

In a separate, fuller Naples trial, former Juventus General Manager Luciano Moggi is in the dock with 23 other Calciopoli defendants on charges ranging from sports fraud to criminal association.

Moggi is accused of being the Calciopoli ringleader.

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