Former South Africa cricketer Gulam Bodi has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for his involvement in South Africa’s landmark 2015 domestic spot-fixing scandal.
Bodi is the first South Africa sportsman to be imprisoned under the under the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act of 2004 that came into effect after the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal.
Bodi, who has played 2 ODIs and a solitary T20 match for South Africa, is appealing the case. The crickter earlier pleaded guilty to eight counts of corruption before his sentencing was delayed due to a reported lack of legal funds from his side.
Bodi was banned by Cricket South Africa for 20 years for influence aspects of the 2015 RamSlam T20 domestic tournament. After retiring from the game and as a commentator, Bodi began to offer domestic players and former team-mates money for certain actions or results during the RamSlam T20 domestic tournament.
The crickter handed himself over to police in July last year and pleaded guilty on November 4, 2018.
Alviro Petersen, one of the players who Bodi is said to have approached, was present at the sentencing hearing on Friday. Petersen put out a tweet after Bodi was sentenced, saying, it was a good day for cricket.
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