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Prosecutors appeal against Blatter, Platini let-off in FIFA fraud trial

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini. AFP PHOTO / MICHAEL BUHOLZER

Swiss prosecutors have filed an appeal against the acquittal of former football chiefs Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini over a suspected fraudulent payment. Blatter and Platini, once the directors of world and European football respectively, were cleared in July by the Federal Criminal Court.

Switzerland's top prosecutor "has applied for the full annulment of the first-instance judgement," the Office of the Attorney General wrote in an email.

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