Dicks was arrested in New York's JFK airport in an incident not too dissimilar to the arrest of David Carruthers, chief executive of online gaming rival BetOnSports , who was cuffed at Dallas Airport en route to his offices in Costa Rica just two months ago in July.

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York were close to an instant reply when David McGurk flashed a header wide from a Chris Carruthers corner, only for Oxford to go up the other end and double their lead when Constable powered his way through to beat Ingham with a fierce left-foot drive for his 26th goal of the season.

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