Maguire annoyed over retrial for Greece police assault as resolution is made
Harry Maguire’s battle to clear his identify over a brawl in Mykonos has been hit with one other hiccup as a consequence of a attorneys’ strike in Greece.
The Manchester United star was arrested and later convicted of assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, and tried bribery while on vacation again in August 2020. He was given a 21-month suspended sentence for his involvement within the battle exterior a bar.
He appealed the decision, which underneath Greek legislation nullified the conviction, and has been awaiting a listening to on the neighbouring island of Syros since. It was lastly set to happen at present (February 7). But the listening to earlier than an appeals court docket choose has been pushed again, the Mirror reported.
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“The case is going to be adjourned,” prosecution lawyer Yannis Paradisis advised The Guardian, with a brand new date to be given tomorrow (Thursday). Maguire will not should attend and can be capable to give proof by way of video hyperlink. It’s now been 42 months for the reason that incident.
Paradisis, who represents two out of the three policemen alleging that Maguire punched and kicked them, added: “They are professionals and they know that justice [in this country] can take a long time.”
“At this rate Maguire may have retired from professional football when he receives a summons,” mentioned a court docket official on the Syros tribunal to the Guardian. “After eight years the statute of limitations kicks in. If the case hasn’t been heard by then it will be written off.”
This is not the primary time his case has been placed on maintain. It was postponed again in May as a result of his lawyer Alexis Anagnostakis could not make it as a consequence of a scheduling battle.
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The alleged incident unfolded whereas Maguire was on vacation together with his family and friends, together with his now-wife Fern Hawkins, his sister Daisy, and his brother Joe. He claims the difficulty began exterior the Bonbonniere bar after Daisy was injected with an unknown substance by two males.
He alleges he needed to take her to a hospital however ended up on the police station, the place he says he was crushed. Fearing he was going to be kidnapped, Maguire tried to flee the scene.
“Some people will believe me, some people won’t,” he shared with The Times final November. “But one thing I would say about Mykonos is that I have no regrets.
“I do not fear about what the end result goes to be. I do not fear about something to do with it as a result of my conscience is so clear about what occurred that evening. The individuals who have been there that evening, there have been 9 of us, all of us perceive what went on and what occurred.”
Reach PLC have contacted Harry Maguire’s representatives for remark.
