Butt is lonely and depressed, says Asif

May 06, 2012 |

Karachi

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Banned Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif, who was released from jail last week, has described his former roomate Salman Butt as a 'lonely and depressed man' anxiously waiting to be released from prison after completing his 30-month sentence for spot-fixing.

"Salman and I were sharing the same room for three months in the prison and he wished me good luck on the day of my release," Asif told Pakistan's Dawn newspaper today.

"But he (Salman) is a lonely man and looked very depressed on the day of my release from jail. He has been quite miserable at times and is anxiously awaiting his release," he added.

Asif was released last Friday after completing a 12-month sentence for his role in the spot-fixing scandal that broke out on Pakistan team's tour to England in 2010.

Before Asif, young pacer Muhammad Aamir was also released from jail earlier this year after he completed his six month term.

The Southwark crown court in London had last October handed out different jail terms to Butt, Asif and Aamir after finding them guilty of spot fixing and corruption.

The trio is also serving a minimum five year ban from the anti-corruption tribunal of the International Cricket Council for the same offence.

Only former captain Salman Butt now remains in prison with Pakistani bookmaker, Mazhar Majeed who was also given a jail term in the spot fixing scandal.

According to the report, the prison in Canterbury is a men's prison which has an arrangement which allows two foreign nationals in the same room.

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