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OT: Brad Murray

eels_fan

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Match Fixing Court Case. Brad Murray on stand

Massive twist: Murray backflips on statement that Ayoub told him the game was set up

Murray now says he lied to police because he was placed under immense pressure and duress to save his career by eels officials

Twitter: @josh_massoud

So now he is implying we coerced him to lie??
 
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Me thinks Murray may have got a little pressure from certain people... He's running scared now and will probably end up in gaol. Stupid kid!!
 

Jodeci

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Footballer lied to police about match-fixing scandal
Greg Prichard
November 21, 2011 - 12:17PM

Key witness Brad Murray has dropped a bombshell in the NRL betting case, saying he had originally lied in his evidence because he felt under pressure from the club he played for, Parramatta, to do so.
Murray was called by police to give evidence at Downing Centre local court today in the case involving John Elias, who is charged with attempting to obtain financial advantage by deception.
Last month, when magistrate Janet Walhquist handed down her judgement in the Ryan Tandy case, she said, in part: ‘‘There is however evidence as to a source of the reason for the unusual betting. There is evidence that Mr Sam Ayoub told both Mr [Brad] Murray and Mr [Joel] Solinas [both of whom placed bets] that the first team to score in the match would be the Cowboys in a penalty goal and that it had been fixed.’’
But when Murray appeared his story had changed, and he said parts of his original statement to police were ‘‘untrue’’.
Murray said player agent Ayoub, who has also been charged with trying to obtain financial advantage by deception and who is the manager of both Murray and ex-Canterbury player Tandy, had ‘‘never told me’’ the game in question had been ‘‘set up’’.
The game, between North Queensland and Canterbury at Townsville in August of last year, was the subject of a highly unusual plunge on the first scoring play option, which is normally regarded as a novelty bet.
The vast majority of money went on the Cowboys to kick a penalty goal to open the scoring.
‘‘The truth is Sam asked me to place bets, and left pieces of paper for me to put bets on,’’ Murray said.
Under cross-examination from police prosecutor Mark Watson, it was put to Murray that he had ‘‘told police it (the game) had been set up’’, to which Murray replied: ‘‘I was under immense pressure from my former football club (Murray has since left Parramatta) that this was the only way I could save my football career.’’
Asked by Watson why he had split the bets up and put them on at three different TAB locations, Murray replied: ‘‘I didn’t feel comfortable placing so much money at one place. I have never placed that sort of money before in one place.’’
Murray said the total amount of money he was asked to put on in bets for Ayoub was ‘‘aroundabout $700’’.
Watson questioned Murray about his having placed a bet for himself as well, on the day of the game.
Murray said: ‘‘I got asked to place three different bets (for Ayoub), and I thought ’well, I might place a bet for myself. (It was) just like getting a tip.’’
Murray said he put a $200 bet on for himself.
Recalled to give evidence in the wake of Murray having given evidence, Matthew Gibson, a detective who was in charge of the police investigation into the suspicious betting on the match, said this was ‘‘the first time’’ he had heard Murray had changed his evidence.
TAB Sportsbet media manager Glenn Munsie will be the next witness called to give evidence today.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...ing-scandal-20111121-1nq36.html#ixzz1eIaAMpQs
 

Jodeci

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Just to add to that, he never wore the Parra jersey - they should refer to him as former Sydney Roosters NYC player and Wentworthville Magpies player .
 

strider

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Just to add to that, he never wore the Parra jersey - they should refer to him as former Sydney Roosters NYC player and Wentworthville Magpies player .

But the point of the article is that he was under pressure from the club he was with at the time of giving his account to police - ie Parramatta

Murray replied: ‘‘I was under immense pressure from my former football club (Murray has since left Parramatta) that this was the only way I could save my football career.’’
 

strider

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why? maybe its true??? ... maybe we told him to say stuff to try and help save his career? .... who knows? - but that appears to be his current story
 

Kornstar

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But the point of the article is that he was under pressure from the club he was with at the time of giving his account to police - ie Parramatta

Agreed, he was contracted to the Eels (regardless where he ended up playing), was he not?

Secondly, i don't think this is "OT", this is most definitely an Eels story.............if he is not lying about this too, of course.........

It is an interesting twist though!
 

Gronk

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why? maybe its true??? ... maybe we told him to say stuff to try and help save his career? .... who knows? - but that appears to be his current story

It can't be true cos Ossie is a Christian and they never lie.
 
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why? maybe its true??? ... maybe we told him to say stuff to try and help save his career? .... who knows? - but that appears to be his current story

I blame the board, I also blame the board for the current Arab - Israeli conflict and the famine's in Africa. And it would not surpise me if Roy and his cronies were responsible for the Tsunami that hit Japan.
 
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strider

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I blame the board, I also blame the board for the current Arab - Israeli conflict and the famine's in Africa. And would not surpise me if Roy and his cronies were responsible for the Tsunami that hit Japan.


blah blah .... just trying to clarify what the hell the story is about

who knows what to believe???
 

Gronk

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I blame the board, I also blame the board for the current Arab - Israeli conflict and the famine's in Africa. And it would not surpise me if Roy and his cronies were responsible for the Tsunami that hit Japan.

Yet another fine contribution to the debate.

Well done !

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mickdo

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Why on earth would Parra put pressure on him? He'd never played a game of first grade ffs
 

oldmancraigy

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I had a call from Glen Duncan.

He told me that Paul Osborne not only told Murray to lie, but threatened to go around and jump on him if he didn't.
 

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