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Soccer Player Jailed for Killing Referee

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Punched him in the throat.

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A suburban soccer player has been sentenced to eight to 15 years in prison for fatally punching a referee during a recreational league game near Detroit last year. Thirty-seven-year-old Bassel Saad punched referee John Bienewicz, 44, in the neck or throat last June. He pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in February. Saad, a Lebanese citizen, could reportedly be deported over the charge.

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