The court did not follow, on Friday, the requisitions of the prosecution, which had requested in mid-June respectively one year and eight months of suspended prison sentence against the two former leaders of the organization.
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After six years of investigation and two weeks of trial for fraud in Switzerland, the president of the Federal Criminal Court of Bellinzona (south-east) has delivered her judgment. Michel Platini, former UEFA president, and ex-Fifa president Sepp Blatter, were both acquitted on Friday July 8, in the fraud case that shattered the Frenchman’s ambitions in 2015. rise to the top of world football.
The Federal Criminal Court of Bellinzona did not follow the requisitions of the prosecution, which had requested in mid-June respectively one year and eight months of suspended prison sentence, while the two accused claimed their innocence.