A man who admitted attacking his wife with a cricket bat and forcing her to drink bleach has been jailed after a judge said the court was “misled” over a cricket contract.
Mustafa Bashir, 34, was spared a custodial term in March after a judge heard he would lose out on a cricket contract with Leicestershire.
Judge Richard Mansell QC, reviewing the sentence at Manchester Crown Court, said he was “fundamentally misled”.
He sentenced Bashir to 18 months.
Bashir, who has played cricket for Oldham and Bolton, denied telling his barrister at the last hearing that he was about to sign the contract with Leicestershire.
The 34-year-old claimed he “wasn’t listening”, was “extremely emotional” and there were a “series of misunderstandings”.
Judge Mansell rejected Bashir’s claims, saying: “You were clearly making a claim to court you had professional cricket contract.”
Source: bbc.co.uk
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