Spanish 'doping mastermind' sentenced to one year

MADRID (AFP) –

Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes arrives at the Madrid courthouse for the start of his trial on January 28, 2013. Fuentes has been found guilty at a court in Madrid of endangering public health by administering blood transfusions to top cyclists and sentenced to a year in prison.

Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes was on Tuesday found guilty at a court in Madrid of endangering public health by administering blood transfusions to top cyclists and sentenced to a year in prison.

A former manager of the Kelme cycling team Jose Ignacio Labarta was also found guilty and handed a four-month jail term but the three other co-accused in the case — Yolanda Fuentes, Manolo Saiz and Vicente Belda — were cleared.