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Manchester United captain Harry Maguire will lastly get the possibility to clear his identify amidst allegations of assault and bribery regardless of fears the case wouldn’t proceed in a Greek courtroom.
A report lined by The Peoples Particular person earlier this month revealed that Maguire’s retrial which was set to happen just a few weeks in the past was delayed as a consequence of a attorneys’ strike in Greece.
The United man had hoped to overturn the 21-month suspended sentence he acquired for his purported involvement in a brawl on the island of Mykonos, however he didn’t get the chance to take action because the Greek union of attorneys known as for authorized motion over new tax measures.
It was later relayed that officers within the nation had been rising reluctant to push ahead with the case because it was hurting the nation’s tourism sector.
There have been claims that the case could possibly be shelved utterly.
Nonetheless, in response to The Daily Mail, Maguire will certainly get his day in courtroom as a brand new date for the retrial has lastly been set.
“Maguire’s retrial was delayed once more earlier this month as a consequence of a Greek attorneys’ strike. It’s now as a consequence of happen on March 25, 2025, four-and-a-half years after he was arrested in Mykonos on suspicion of assaulting cops and tried bribery following an alleged brawl on a household vacation.”
Prosecuting lawyer Yannis Paradisis informed the newspaper that there was no likelihood of the matter being dropped.
Paradisis acknowledged, “It should come to courtroom.”
“There may be an eight-year statute of limitation from the date of the crime however we nonetheless have time for that.”
“They (the Maguire camp) are ready for his or her day in courtroom. Hopefully there are not any different strikes, however you by no means know. There isn’t any manner it isn’t coming to courtroom.”
The previous United skipper has all the time maintained his innocence and indicated that he didn’t do any of the issues he was accused of.
