BATH RACING SWINDLE

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27302, 19 March 1954, Page 11

BATH RACING SWINDLE

FOUR MEN FOUND GUILTY -LONDON, March 17. men were found guilty at the gft Bailey todav of a racing swindle Jplvinff a switch of horses and many thousands of pounds in bets. A fifth was found not guilty. ute case, known as the “Francasal ttae/ lasted for nearly five weeks. xne police said at the trial that the gsg attempted to bring off one of oifigest gambling coups in history. *«Jtthe “ring-in’ ’of a French horse t Wgagy bought for the purpose. jk&rry. lately, aged 42, a London 2°®aaker, named as the ringleader, to three years’ gaol. I Maurice Williams, aged 47, a gambler, and Gomer aged 46, a Welsh bookmaker, both sentenced to two years’ f Wjgwctor Dill, aged 56, a retired officer, was sentenced to nine gaol.. fifth man, William Rook, aged * engineer. was acquitted at the ■“W trial. trial lasted for 16 days, but fa i le d to agree. rfSpaams and Charles, the wealthiest I. l' e f°, ur . were ordered by the Judge pay between them £4500 towards ~£ eosts , of the prosecution. bps ®Pued a turf sensation which gjgEin July when the French horse flashed past the winning ,9r d s of 10 to 1 against in the Plate at the Bath racemen were surprised. s*«ncasai was known as a slow horse. Suspicions were further aroused tehiX r foun d that the telephone Chunking the course with outside 52sgakcrs, had been deliberately cut the race. o ,7^ ctlVes found that the plotters -rpcd another horse, Santa Amaro, jmw4?-?* en ti c al with Francasal, but They guessed, and later that it was really the Amaro which won the the name of Francasal. sought to win about ,wu ’ out did not get the money.