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Ex-Celtic star CLEARED of sexually assaulting woman
Simon Lynch, 41, was alleged to have groped her at a flat in Glasgow’s Tollcross on February 6, 2020.
Court papers stated Lynch – who played five times for the Hoops – repeatedly entered her bedroom uninvited.
It was claimed he repeatedly asked her to kiss him and touched her on the body.
Lynch, who played for Preston, Dundee and Airdrie, is said to have seized her by the wrists.
The charge says he sat astride her, placed her wrists above her head and pinned her to a bed.
The former striker, of the city’s Mount Vernon, was then claimed to have seized and slapped her on the bottom.
Lynch - who had been due to face a summary trial - without a jury - denied the single charge at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
The trial was initially adjourned in November due to the non-attendance at court of the alleged victim.
The new trial date today was told that the woman had not been cited to come to court by the Crown.
Prosecutor Leo McGinn said: "There were two requests made by my office to the police to personally cite her following the last occasion.
"I appreciate this is an unsatisfactory position as the case was adjourned due to her non attendance on the last occasion."
Paul McCormick, defending, opposed the Crown motion to adjourn the trial.
The lawyer told the court that his client has since lost his job at a charity since the last calling of the case.
He said: "The entire process has been hanging over my client's head for 27 months.
"There have been obvious consequences with the loss of his employment.
"He understands the firm stance due to the publicity that reached the press.
"The Crown really ought to have done more to have the witness cited for today."
Sheriff Jonathan Guy refused the motion to adjourn the trial to another date.
He said: "It has been more than two years and the Crown are not in a position to proceed as it failed to take the necessary step to cite the witness for this case.
"Given the impact of these proceedings and the Crown's repeated failings, I have decided the interests of justice don't support the Crown.
"It is not in the interest of justice for the Crown to be given a third opportunity to do that."
The case was then deserted simpliciter by the Sheriff.
Lynch followed in the footsteps of father Andy, who captained Celtic, by playing at Parkhead between 1999 and 2001.
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ED freezes Rs 42.21 crore more in E-nuggets gaming app fraud case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) froze Rs 42.21 crore more across 1548 bank accounts as part of the money laundering investigation relating to mobile gaming application, E-nuggets.
The funds were spread across these accounts to be later converted into cryptocurrencies and sent outside India. So far, ED has confiscated an amount of Rs 110.76 from various raids and bank accounts.
One of the masterminds of the E-nuggets mobile gaming app fraud, Amir Khan, was arrested by the Kolkata police on September 24 and sent to ED custody for further investigation under the orders of a special PMLA court.
Several cases were also filed against Khan under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) by the Federal Bank authorities. According to reports Khan released the mobile gaming app named E-nuggets and gained the trust of app users by providing good returns. After some time when people started investing more their accounts became inaccessible and all the user data was deleted.
In September, ED seized a crypto wallet containing 77.62 bitcoins which amounts roughly to Rs. 12.83 crore under the PMLA after a raid at a house belonging to Amir Khan’s father in the Garden Reach area of Kolkata. Cash worth Rs 17.32 crore was sezied from the house.
The police also recovered multiple devices with remote access during the investigation which are said to be controlled from outside India and allegedly used by the real mastermind behind the fraud.
Shubhojit Srimani, a Dubai based businessman, is also believed to be Khan’s partner in the E-nuggets gaming app case. Srimani is believed to be operating from outside the country and the police have already issued a lookout notice against him.
Aamir Khan’s assistant Vikram Singh Gandhi, who served as a mediator in the case, was also taken into custody by ED. The police blocked another crypto wallet containing 150.22 bitcoins (Rs 22.78 Crore) under the PMLA. Amir Khan is being interrogated further with his friend Rumen Agarwal.
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