{"id":457515,"date":"2026-03-04T18:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/457515\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T18:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:34:07","slug":"harry-maguire-given-15-month-suspended-prison-sentence-after-retrial-in-greece-harry-maguire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/457515\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Maguire given 15-month suspended prison sentence after retrial in Greece | Harry Maguire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The England and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/manchester-united\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> defender Harry Maguire has been handed a 15-month suspended prison sentence by a Greek court over a 2020 incident in Mykonos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2020\/aug\/25\/harry-maguire-found-guilty-of-aggravated-assault-and-bribery-in-greece\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maguire was found guilty<\/a> of repeated bodily harm, attempted bribery and violence against public employees after his arrest after a brawl outside a nightclub.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Maguire, who was detained for two days after the incident and denied any wrongdoing, was handed a suspended prison sentence of 21 months and 10 days and fined but was granted a full retrial after appealing against Greek court convictions on multiple charges.<\/p>\n<p>Quick GuideHow do I sign up for sport breaking news alerts?Show<\/p>\n<p>Download the Guardian app from the iOS App Store on iPhone or the Google Play store on Android by searching for &#8216;The Guardian&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>If you already have the Guardian app, make sure you\u2019re on the most recent version.<\/p>\n<p>In the Guardian app, tap the Profile settings button at the top right, then select Notifications.<\/p>\n<p>Turn on sport notifications.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your feedback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In accordance with the Greek judicial process, the filing nullified Maguire\u2019s conviction before a full retrial in a more senior court. His retrial was postponed many times. Maguire faced allegations of non-serious assault, resisting arrest and attempted bribery. The 32-year-old was convicted on all three counts but will face no prison time. No fine has been imposed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">It is understood Maguire\u2019s legal team will appeal to the supreme court against the verdict. Maguire has rejected a number of opportunities to settle the case because he is determined to clear his name.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Maguire (centre) outside court in Greece in 2020.  Photograph: EPA<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The centre-back was not in court on Wednesday and was preparing as normal for United\u2019s game on Wednesday night at Newcastle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The England and Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has been handed a 15-month suspended prison sentence by a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-457515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}