French hand 18-month jail term to doping doctor
A photo of Bernard Sainz, taken in 1971 (AFP/Getty Images)
A French court on Friday handed down an 18-month custodial jail term to Bernard Sainz, a homeopathic practitioner, after he was found guilty of administering doping products to athletes and practising medicine without a licence.
Sainz, nicknamed Docteur Mabuse after the character created by writer Norbert Jacques, received a three-year sentence overall following a March 26 and 27 trial and must serve 18 months behind bars.
His lawyer said he would appeal.
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aandre
Posted Fri 31 Oct, 3:33 pm GMT Flag as inappropriate
The need is to clean-up more of the "doctors" and less of the riders..
