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Joseph Blatter in court in Switzerland
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In the trial against former Fifa president Joseph Blatter and ex-Uefa boss Michel Platini, the Swiss federal prosecutor's office has demanded a suspended prison sentence of one year and eight months for both of them.
Platini should also pay a fine of around 2.2 million francs (around 2.1 million euros).
Both have to answer for allegations of fraud and other crimes, they reject all allegations.
On the sixth day of the trial, the federal prosecutor's office held their plea on Wednesday.
Blatter, 86, had previously denied the allegations during his interrogation and complained about prejudice in the media.
It was "totally incomprehensible" for him that the process was in a courtroom, Blatter said last Thursday at the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland.
The payment of two million Swiss francs to Platini, 66, went through all the necessary bodies at the World Football Association.
'It's an owed late payment of wages.
It's an administrative matter in a club and it's dealt with under civil law," Blatter said.
Federal public prosecutor Thomas Hildbrand said on Wednesday that the two million payment to the former president of the European Football Union was based on an agreement.
There is no legal basis for this payment.
The defendants are accused of having deceived the world association about an allegedly outstanding claim by Platini.
According to the indictment, Blatter is said to have unlawfully confirmed the payment of FIFA in the amount of two million francs (currently around 1.92 million euros) plus social security contributions to Platini.
After he was elected FIFA boss in 1998, he agreed to work with Platini, Blatter reported.
He said to him: "I'm worth a million." In August 1999, a contract backdated to the beginning of the year was agreed with a salary of 300,000 Swiss francs.
When Platini pointed out that this was not the entire agreed sum, he said: "We'll see about that later." In 2011, the sum of two million Swiss francs was billed by Platini.
From Platini's point of view, the accusation is a conspiracy that served to prevent him from becoming Fifa president and to clear the way for the current incumbent Gianni Infantino.
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