Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini charged with fraud in Switzerland over £1.35m payment

  • Former Fifa officials expected to stand trial at federal court
  • Prosecutors say payment ‘unlawfully enriched Platini’

Former Fifa officials Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were charged with fraud and other offences by Swiss prosecutors on Tuesday after investigating a controversial payment of 2m Swiss francs (about £1.35m) for six years.

The 85-year-old Blatter and 65-year-old former France international Platini now face a trial within months at federal criminal court in Bellinzona.

Continue reading...