Cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Aamir lost their appeals on Wednesday against their jail sentences for their part in a betting scam that rocked the world of cricket. The Court of Appeal dismissed their appeals at a hearing in London. On November 3, former Test captain Butt, 27, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison and promising fast bowler Aamir, 19, was ordered to serve six months in a young offenders' institution.
The pair were not present at the Court of Appeal in London for the hearing before Lord Chief Justice Igor Judge, the head of the English judiciary, and two other judges. The judges rejected a claim by Butt's lawyer Ali Bajwa who argued that the former skipper's sentence was "manifestly excessive", while Henry Blaxland, representing Aamir, had urged the court to suspend his sentence.