Kane Hester, a striker for Scottish football club Elgin City, has denied involvement in a betting conspiracy to defraud bet365 of £13,583.

The footballer is alleged to have participated in a scheme with three men from Montrose in which he agreed to stamp on a Hibernian FC player in order to get booked by referee Willie Collum in a fixture at Borough Briggs, the home stadium of Elgin City.

After completing the on-pitch foul during the Scottish Betfred League Cup match on 26 July 2019, Hester was handed a yellow card, and his alleged co-conspirators – Findlay Soutar, Calvin Parrot and Brodie Myers – collected £17,333.32 in payments from bet365, winning £13,583.32.