'Race-fix' prosecution case ends

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The prosecution has finished presenting its case against former champion jockey Kieren Fallon and five other men accused of race-fixing.

Jonathan Caplan QC told the Old Bailey he had no more witnesses to call in the trial after two months of evidence.

The judge, Mr Justice Forbes, sent the jury away until 6 December while he listens to legal arguments.

Six defendants deny conspiracy to defraud customers of the internet betting exchange Betfair.

The prosecution claims six times champion Mr Fallon and two other jockeys conspired to lose 27 specific races between 2002 and 2004 in order that a South Yorkshire businessman, Miles Rodgers, could make money by laying bets on Betfair.

Jockeys Mr Fallon, 42, formerly of Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, but now of Tipperary, Ireland; Fergal Lynch, 29, of Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, and Darren Williams, 29, of Leyburn, North Yorkshire, deny conspiring between December 2002 and August 2004.

Mr Rodgers, 38, of Silkstone, South Yorkshire; Mr Lynch's brother, Shaun Lynch, 38, of Belfast, and barman Philip Sherkle, 42, of Tamworth, Staffordshire, also plead not guilty.

Mr Rodgers also denies concealing the proceeds of crime.

The trial continues.