Nine individuals, including footballers Michael Chopra, Mark Wilson and James Coppinger, and jockey Andrew Heffernan, have been found guilty of breaches of the Rules of Racing, following a British Horseracing Authority Inquiry into alleged corruption. The Inquiry centred on allegations that Heffernan fixed a number of races between 1 November 2010 and 31 March 2011. All defendants received lengthy bans from involvement in horseracing.
Rachel Kapila was junior counsel for the BHA.
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25th January 2013
