BIRMINGHAM, England, , CMC- Grenada international and former Premier League striker Delroy Facey was jailed for two and a half years on Wednesday after being convicted of plotting to bribe lower league players in England.
Facey, 35, who represented Grenada in the Caribbean Cup and also played in England for Bolton, West Bromwich and Hull, was found guilty of conspiracy to bribe non-league players.
However Facey, whose mother was born in Grenada and father is Jamaican, denied any wrong doing during a three-week trial at Birmingham Crown court.
He claimed he thought two corrupt businessmen offering him up to 15,000 pounds for his part in the plot were ‘class clowns’ whom he decided to ‘humour’.
A former non-league player, Moses Swaibu, was convicted of the same charge and jailed for 16 months.
“You have been a role model but you have abused that position,” said Judge Mary Stacey.
“You have betrayed all that trust, all that confidence, and it’s like a cancer at the heart of football”.
Facey who was also eligible to play for Trinidad and Tobago where one of his grand parents was born scored twice for Grenada against St.Kitts and Nevis during the 2010 Digicel Caribbean Cup.
