Soccer: Doping case of Gheddafi to be shelved
ROME, June 21 (Xinhua) -- A doping case against Libyan leader Muammar Gheddafi's soccer-playing son Saadi looks set to be shelved, local media reported Thursday.
The chief prosecutor at Italy's supreme court Thursday recommended closing the book on the case, which stems from the use of banned substance nandrolone in 2003.
The court's judges usually follow prosecutors' recommendations when they say cases should be shelved.
Under Italy's strict doping laws, offenders face suspended jail terms of up to two years.
Saadi Gheddafi was at Serie A club Perugia when he failed a nandrolone test in October 2003.
He later served a three-month ban imposed by the Italian soccer federation.
In the separate criminal case, Gheddafi admitted taking nandrolone but said he took it for a slipped disc in Libya months before he failed the test.
The chief prosecutor at Italy's supreme court Thursday recommended closing the book on the case, which stems from the use of banned substance nandrolone in 2003.
The court's judges usually follow prosecutors' recommendations when they say cases should be shelved.
Under Italy's strict doping laws, offenders face suspended jail terms of up to two years.
Saadi Gheddafi was at Serie A club Perugia when he failed a nandrolone test in October 2003.
He later served a three-month ban imposed by the Italian soccer federation.
In the separate criminal case, Gheddafi admitted taking nandrolone but said he took it for a slipped disc in Libya months before he failed the test.
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