Romania coach Victor Piturca has been handed a suspended one-year prison sentence for aiding and abetting controversial Steaua Bucharest owner George Becali in a high-profile corruption case in the Balkan country, the supreme court said.Piturca, 57, was found guilty for his role in the case that was instigated in 2008 following a criminal inquiry by Romania’s Anti-Corruption Department (DNA) when four people were detained in a Cluj restaurant in possession of €1.7 million.
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