How can this happen...Active players were sentenced to drug trafficking, and they found out after the ruling of their club
Mar 24, 2025
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British daily newspaper Daily Mail reported on the 24th (Korea time) that Evan Press, a midfielder of Barrytown United of Wales Premier League, was found guilty of cocaine trade.
Press was found to have traded cocaine in Cardiff for over two years between February 2021 and November 2023. Newport Crown Court sentenced Press to two and a half years in prison.
Press played in all 29 games played by Barrytown this season, and kicked the captain's armband in 19 games. He is a key player who has played in 187 games since joining the team in 2018. Barrytown is currently at the top of the Welsh Premier League lower split.
Press pleaded guilty last month but was found to have played without informing the club that he had been charged before sentencing. A Barrytown official told Welsh Online that "We only found out after Press was sentenced that this had happened" and that "he had been a member of the club for the past seven years. "We want the players to be good role models."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
