UK referee charged

THREE men including a referee have been charged following allegations of computer hacking and the sharing of private information at the Football Association, police said.

Dean Mohareb, a 30-yearold referee, has been charged with perverting the course of justice and unauthorised access to computer data, while Liam Cliff, 18, and Vincent Rossi, 46, have been charged with perverting the course of justice.

All three live near the Manchester area in northwest England.

They will appear at Stockport Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, Greater Manchester Police said yesterday.

Mohareb, a Football League referee, is national referee development manager at the FA, making him a senior member of the referees’ department.

He was first arrested in October last year over allegations that he hacked a colleague’s emails.

Mohareb was suspended by the FA in February. It is believed that the other two men are not FA employees.

Two men of Singaporean nationality are due to appear before magistrates on Friday charged over a match-fixing allegation.