Moggi slapped with another, four-month, term

11 November 2011 20:47

Former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi was Friday sentenced to four more months in prison for making threats against and insulting former Roma manager Franco Baldini.

Moggi on Tuesday was sentenced to five years and four months in jail for his role in the 2006 Calciopoli match-fixing scandal.

Four days later the disgraced former Juventus official was sentenced again for making threats and insulting Baldini -- one of Moggi's chief accusers at the time -- prior to a hearing in 2008 relating to the players' agency Gea.

Although other officials received suspended sentences for their part in the Calciopolo including Paolo Bergamo, the former referees' selector, who was sentenced to three years and eight months in jail, Moggi was judged to be the man chiefly to blame for the scandal and was found guilty on two counts including 'sporting fraud'.

The match-fixing scandal came to light in 2006 after telephone conversations revealed how selection of referees for league matches in 2005 and 2006 were being manipulated.

Juventus were hit hard by Calciopoli as they were stripped of their last two Serie A titles in 2005 and 2006 and relegated to Serie B.

Inte Milan were the only one of Italy's big three clubs -- the other being AC Milan -- not to be punished while Fiorentina, Lazio and Reggina were also docked points.

All the convicted parties were likely to appeal their sentences which will allow Della Valle and Lotito to remain in their positions.

The prosecutor Stefano Capuano said the penalties handed down showed the court case had not been a pointless exercise.

"This trial was not a farce, it was not 'Farsopoli'."

Source: AFP