JUST IN: Serbian referee slapped with FIFTEEN-MONTH prison sentence and ten-year ban from football
JUST IN: Serbian referee slapped with FIFTEEN-MONTH prison sentence and ten-year ban from football
JUST IN: Serbian referee slapped with FIFTEEN-MONTH prison sentence and ten-year ban from football
A referee has been handed a 15-month prison sentence and ten-year ban from football after awarding a scandalous penalty.
Srbjan Obradovic pointed to the spot contentiously on two occasions, with both spot kicks scored, in Spartak Subotica’s 2-0 win against Radnicki Nis in the Serbian league in 2018.
A Serbian referee has been dealt a 15-month prison sentence for making a contentious penalty call.
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The decisions came in a crucial league’s play-off encounter, with the winner landing a key advantage in securing Europa League qualification.
The referee also sent off a player in the match who now plays for Red Star Belgrade
The forward attended the ref’s trial as a key witness and Obradovic has now been slapped with a 15-month jail-term three years on from the incident, Serbian news agency Tanjug report.
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The report added that Obradovic’s defence that he saw a handball which was confirmed to him by his assistant.
The official has also been banned from any role with the Serbian FA for a decade.
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Source: Talk Sports
