Kieron Fallon

[Dover]

From the BBC



Fallon handed conspiracy charge



Fallon was among those first arrested 22 months ago
Former champion jockey Kieren Fallon has been charged with conspiracy to defraud as part of an investigation into alleged horse racing corruption.
Fallon, who denies any wrongdoing, is among 28 people who were due to report to a London police station on Monday.

Former racing syndicate director Miles Rodgers has also been charged with conspiracy to defraud and an offence under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

Five other riders and two trainers are also involved in the investigation.

City of London police, whose investigation began in September 2004, are examining allegations of conspiracy to defraud for more than 80 races over two years.

Fallon arrived at Bishopsgate police station at 0915 BST, wearing jeans and a dark top, and left 20 minutes later without making any comment to reporters.

He flew in from Ireland after winning a second successive Irish Derby on Sunday on board Dylan Thomas.

Jockeys Robert Winston, Fergal Lynch, Darren Williams and Paul Bradley, plus amateur rider Dale Jewett, are also due to answer bail.

Others who have been arrested as part of the inquiry include trainers Alan Berry and Karl Burke.

All deny any wrongdoing.

During the investigation, more than 130 police officers raided 19 addresses across Suffolk, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Hertfordshire.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Then his licence must be recinded

 

[Da Man Clay]

Then his licence must be recinded

And probably will be.

 

[zefarelly]

horse racing is more corrupt than Italian football and Fifa put together ':* FACT *:'

 

[Trigger]

And probably will be.

And rightly so.

 

[Mtoto]

Fallon's licence is issued by the Irish Turf Club, not the HRA, so he will be able to carry on riding there no problem and the man in charge has already said as much.

Whether he can ride in Britain/America etc would be down to the individual authority. The British position will be clarified later today.

 

[Da Man Clay]

And rightly so.

Indeed, ive always found Fallon abit of a tosser anyway.

 

[SeagullJay]

know him well do you?

and whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty...

 

[Mtoto]

If anyone's interested, Fallon is free to carry on riding in Ireland.

He is barred from riding in Britain until Friday, when the HRA will consider an application to let him ride here until the trial (probably in the spring of 2007).

Darren Williams and Fergal Lynch, the other two jockeys charged, lost their licences when they were charged, and will apply to get them back on Friday too.

My guess would be that Lynch and Williams will get licences, on the basis that they are innocent until proved guilty, and ride as freelances and so can't be "suspended on full pay" like many other people would be. Of course, the market - owners and trainers - may effectively exclude them anyway, as happened with Gary Carter while he was waiting for an HRA inquiry into pulling horses.

Fallon is likely to have the best lawyer that John Magnier's money can buy representing him, so he's got to be odds-on to ride until it all comes to court. Three separate trials, apparently, each one linked to the next, so there could be guilty verdicts in the first one but no reporting of it or action taken until after the last one is over.

 

[simonsimon]

After stoping foxhunting, is this another class attack on the rich by this socalled Labour Government.

Or another saga of "news management".

 

[SeagullJay]

Fallon could probably afford pretty decent lawyer of own!!
Did win Irish Derby on Sunday - to add to three Royal Ascot wins, 2000 Guineas etc
this year
yet alone last!!
in fact - he earns so much riding winners - why would he bother riding losers deliberately?
would be my viewpoint...
for what it worth

 

[Trigger]

Kieren Fallon will not be allowed to continue riding in Britain after being charged as part of a police investigation into alleged race-fixing.

Fellow jockeys Fergal Lynch and Darren Williams, who have also been charged with conspiracy to defraud Betfair customers, will also not be allowed to ride in Britain until after the result of any trial.

The three riders this morning appeared before a special panel at the Horseracing Regulatory Authority's Headquarters on Shaftesbury Avenue.