Greek justice threw the book at Harry Maguire, and fast, but the case throws up a number of questions.
However, with regard to a request brought by Harry Maguire's defence for a postponement of the trial, the judges were not very lenient.
In some cases, judges decide to reject such requests for secondary reasons, for example to take advantage of witnesses present in the courtroom who might be absent if the trial takes place a year later, or simply to avoid legal tactics of procrastination.During this first stage of the legal process, and pending the footballer's appeal, his defence team failed to convince the judges.
Ahead of the verdict, the footballer's lawyer, Andreas Anagnostakis, said his client's conduct was justified because the policemen had allegedly attacked him in his"golden leg" and told him"your career is over".According to the prosecution, the attempted bribery charge involved Harry Maguire asking whether he could pay a fine to be released from police custody.
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