The chairman of a south London football club whose owner was linked to the cricket match-fixing scandal has died.
David Le Cluse (44), the chairman of Croydon Athletic Football Club, was found dead on Saturday with a bullet wound in a garage near his home in Surrey.
The club was investigated for suspected money-laundering after its owner Mazhar Majeed was arrested over match-fixing allegations against the Pakistan team.
A statement said the club was "deeply shocked and saddened" at the death.
Mr Le Cluse, who was married with two children, was said to be devastated when the Ryman League club became embroiled in the scandal.
In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said: “A 44-year-old man suffered what is believed to have been a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The circumstances of his death are being treated as unexplained. Inquiries are ongoing.”
A postmortem is due to take place.
Croydon Athletic's former manager Tim O'Shea told the Times: "He was very upset at the allegations and the club getting involved.
“It probably hit him harder than most because of his personal friendship with Majeed. He wanted nothing more than for the club to succeed, and he was probably upset and affected by it more than anybody else.”
Mr Majeed was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud bookmakers and released on bail.
The match-fixing allegations centred on the timing of no-balls delivered during a test match between England and Pakistan during the summer.
Undercover reporters from the News of the World allegedly paid a middleman £150,000 and in return were told exact details relating to play during the following day.
Agencies