Manchester United defender, Harry Maguire, has been slammed with a 15-month sentence over cases of assault and bribery.
In a sitting at a court in Greece, Maguire was found guilty of a repeated bodily harm, attempted bribery, violence against public employees and insult, after which he was sentenced accordingly.
The trial, which was postponed four times between 2023 and 2025 was resumed on Wednesday where the Englishman was said to have commited offence against public employees on the island in Mykonos sometime in August 2020.
The 32-year-old, who initially denied wrongdoing and plans to appeal to the Supreme Court rejected a number of opportunities to settle the case out of court, as he is determined to clear his name legally.
His decision led to a reduced 21-month sentence residence to 15, in line with the Greek law which states that when a defendant appeals against a conviction from a lower criminal court, the verdict is automatically annulled and the case is retried from the beginning.
The retrial was delayed several times due to procedural issues, including lawyer strikes and scheduling problems.
