China News Service, August 23. According to Euronet, citing Eurolink news agency, British star and Premier League club Manchester United captain Harry Maguire and two of his friends were suspected of being in Mykonos, Greece on August 20. Arrested after a fight outside a bar and a clash with the police. The three defendants refused to plead guilty and have been released on bail.
According to reports, on the 22nd local time, the Local Court of Syros, the capital of Mykonos, Greece, formed a fast-track court on the case of Maguire and his two friends accused of assaulting the police. After hearing the opinions of the prosecution and defense, the trial judge decided to allow the lawyers to release the three defendants on bail and release them in court.
According to the prosecutors in Syros, Greece, Maguire and the other three were suspected of multiple criminal charges such as fighting, serious injury, assaulting police, resisting arrest, and attempting to bribe the police. All three defendants refused to plead guilty to the prosecution's charges in court.
The chief prosecutor of the Procuratorate of Syros said that the case will be held again on August 25. The judge has approved the three defendants to appoint attorneys to appear in court.
At midnight on the evening of the 20th local time, Maguire, his girlfriend, and several friends who were on vacation in Greece were drinking and enjoying the cool in a bar on Mykonos, Greece, during which they clashed with other British tourists spending time in the bar. When the police rushed to the scene to try to solve the problem, they were verbally attacked by Maguire's friends, and the two sides clashed physically.
The police then asked Maguire and his two friends to go to the police station for investigation. When the three came to the police station, they fled while shouting and the police arrested them. During the arrest, a policeman suffered minor injuries to his hand. According to reports, Maguire and others were already obviously drunk.
Manchester United said about the arrest of Maguire in Greece that the club learned that Maguire was involved in an incident in Greece and contacted Maguire. The current incident has entered judicial proceedings and Maguire will soon return to the UK. (Liang Manyu)