Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has been handed a 15-month suspended sentence by a Greek court docket following an incident on the island of Mykonos in August 2020.
England worldwide Maguire was given a suspended sentence of 21 months and 10 days in jail in 2020, after initially being discovered responsible of repeated bodily hurt, tried bribery, violence in opposition to public staff and insult.
The next day Maguire’s authorized crew lodged an attraction in opposition to the decision. In accordance with Greek legislation, the attraction nullified his conviction and meant there could be a full retrial.
The retrial was postponed on 4 events between 2023 and 2025, earlier than it restarted in Syros on Wednesday.
It concluded that Maguire was responsible of non-serious assault, resisting arrest and tried bribery.
In accordance with the lowered severity of the defender’s crimes, Maguire’s sentence was lowered to fifteen months.
Sources have advised BBC Sport that Maguire denies wrongdoing and plans to attraction to the Supreme Court docket.
Maguire has rejected quite a lot of alternatives to settle the case out of court docket, as he’s decided to clear his title legally.
The 32-year-old is within the Manchester United squad for Wednesday’s Premier League recreation at Newcastle United (20:15 GMT), regardless of having to return off through the win in opposition to Crystal Palace on Sunday with sickness.
