LONDON : Britain's top judge will next Wednesday hear appeals by
Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir against their
sentences for spot-fixing, a judicial official said.Former
Pakistan captain Butt, 27, was on November 3 sentenced to two and a half
years in prison and fast bowler Amir, 19, was sentenced to serve six
months in a young offenders institute.Lord Chief Justice
Igor Judge, the head of the English judiciary, will hear their appeals, a
spokesman for judiciary said, adding: "It has been scheduled for next
Wednesday. In a scandal that rocked the world of cricket,
Butt, Amir and fast bowler Mohammad Asif, 28, were all jailed for their
parts in fixing elements of the August 2010 Test match against England
at Lord's.Cricket agent Mazhar Majeed was also jailed.Asif
and Butt were found guilty charges of conspiracy to cheat at gambling
and conspiracy to accept corrupt payments after a trial, while Amir and
Majeed admitted the charges.Under the current arrangements, the four will serve half their sentences before being released on licence.The
fixing plot was uncovered by the News of the World, the Rupert
Murdoch-owned British tabloid which was shut down over a phone-hacking
scandal in July this year
