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Australian Open corruption charges dropped against UK man

10th March 2014 10:47 am GMT

Daniel Dobson, a UK man arrested at January’s Australian Open tennis championships after being accused of courtside betting, has been cleared of all charges and his employers, Sporting Data, exonerated of any wrongdoing.

Dobson was arrested in January, accused of ‘courtsiding,’ which involves betting on point outcomes over the course of a tennis match.

Under the terms of an amendment to the Crimes Amendment (Integrity in Sports) Act 2013, courtsiding is illegal in the state of Victoria, [...]

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