Harry Maguire: Manchester United and England defender handed 15-month suspended sentence after guilty verdict over Mykonos incident in 2020 | Football News

Harry Maguire has been handed a 15-month suspended sentence by a Greek courtroom over an incident in Mykonos in August 2020.

The Manchester United centre-back confronted allegations of non-serious assault, resisting arrest and tried bribery, and was convicted on all three counts.

The Greek prosecution lawyer in the case of Maguire’s conviction has strenuously denied any corruption in the proceedings which has led to a guilty verdict and a suspended 15-month jail sentence.

Sky Sports News confirmed solely one of many three police witnesses turned up in courtroom on Wednesday, however legal professionals in Greece stated the opposite two officers weren’t required to attend as a result of they’d already supplied written statements.

Maguire has all the time vehemently denied any wrongdoing and his representatives have privately expressed reservations across the conduct of the case towards him.

The England participant’s legal professionals will attraction to the Greek Supreme Court in an try and clear his identify.

Maguire was arrested after a battle involving his household outdoors a bar in August 2020.

He was convicted of attacking and making an attempt to bribe law enforcement officials in 2020, however a retrial was granted on attraction, and his conviction was “nullified” in accordance with Greek legislation.

Maguire’s 15-month suspended sentence has been lowered in size and severity from the unique 21 months, however however it’s a second conviction for the fees leveled towards him.

His retrial was postponed four times – with the final failed try in October 2025 because of “court documents not being translated into English”.

There had been a positive alongside along with his unique sentence, however this has now been eliminated. Maguire has additionally refused a number of alternatives to settle the case with a monetary supply as a result of he’s decided to clear his identify legally.

Maguire was not concerned in the most recent authorized course of and has been making ready for Wednesday night’s Premier League match towards Newcastle as regular.