Ex-minister makes bid for Olympic glory

Former Senator Stuart Syvret

 

FORMER Senator Stuart Syvret has been provisionally selected to represent Jersey as an Olympic torchbearer.

The name of the ex-Health Minister, who was released from prison in December, appeared on the official London 2012 website yesterday after he was chosen by one of 12 regional selection panels around the British Isles.

However, organisers confirmed that he only has a conditional offer to carry the famous flame when it arrives in Jersey on 15 July as part of its relay around Britain.

As a result he will have to face a series of stringent criminal record and security checks before he can have his ‘moment to shine’, as the campaign to find torchbearers was branded.

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