Harry Maguire’s assault conviction will ‘hang over his head’ for up to three years

There is ‘no chance’ of Harry Maguire apologising after he was convicted of attacking Greek policemen, his brother has said. 

Prosecutor Yoannis Paradissis, who represents the officers Harry was convicted of attacking, has said the footballer’s conviction could be overturned if he apologises, but Harry’s brother Laurence said there is no way that will happen. 

‘Absolute no chance Harry will be apologising,’ Laurence Maguire tweeted today. 

A key part of Harry’s defence was that he, his brother and a friend had gone to the aid of Daisy, who fainted on a night out in Mykonos after being injected with a date-rape drug by ‘two Albanians’ they did not know, who then fled.

Mr Paradissis had claimed the Manchester United captain’s 20-year-old sister Daisy said nothing about being drugged by Albanians when interviewed by police.

In his tweet today, Laurence Maguire said: ‘Daisy and no one in the group was interviewed by the police.’

Harry is now facing a wait of up to three years before an appeal against his assault conviction is heard in the Greek courts, as the footballer tries to clear his name.   

Daisy Maguire was spotted with her mother while out shopping in Sheffield

Harry Maguire's case could hang over his head for up to three years before an appeal against his assault conviction is heard again

Harry Maguire’s case could hang over his head for up to three years before an appeal against his assault conviction is heard again

A key part of Harry's defence was that he, his brother and a friend had gone to the aid of Daisy, who fainted on a night out in Mykonos after being injected with a date-rape drug by 'two Albanians' they did not know, who then fled

A key part of Harry’s defence was that he, his brother and a friend had gone to the aid of Daisy, who fainted on a night out in Mykonos after being injected with a date-rape drug by ‘two Albanians’ they did not know, who then fled

Harry is now facing a wait of up to three years before an appeal against his assault conviction is heard in the Greek courts, as the footballer tries to clear his name (pictured: Harry's mother Zoe)

Harry is now facing a wait of up to three years before an appeal against his assault conviction is heard in the Greek courts, as the footballer tries to clear his name (pictured: Harry’s mother Zoe)

'Absolute no chance Harry will be apologising,' Laurence Maguire tweeted today

‘Absolute no chance Harry will be apologising,’ Laurence Maguire tweeted today

Stavroula Tomara, a leading criminal rights attorney in Athens, said the process would take at least 12 months and could last as long as three.

‘Until then,’ she told MailOnline, ‘the conviction will hang over Maguire’s head’.

Ms Tomara said: ‘It would be at least a year for the appeal to be heard by another court in Syros.

‘Regional courts are faster. But even in this case it will be at least a year. In many cases it takes between two and three (years).’

Last night his lawyer said the Manchester United captain would challenge the conviction and has ten days to formally lodge his appeal, though he advised the three-member tribunal of his clients’ immediately after it rendered the damning convictions.

A court clerk in Syros, where the case was heard yesterday, told MailOnline that the appeal is expected to be submitted today.

Maguire launched an immediate appeal yesterday after being given a suspended prison sentence for his part in the early-hours brawl on the holiday island on Friday.

Harry Maguire's lawyer said he would challenge the conviction in a Greek court

Harry Maguire’s lawyer said he would challenge the conviction in a Greek court

Stavroula Tomara said it could take up to three years for his case to finally be resolved

Stavroula Tomara said it could take up to three years for his case to finally be resolved

Harry Maguire is pictured above leaving the court building on the Aegean Island of Syros

Harry Maguire is pictured above leaving the court building on the Aegean Island of Syros

Before the incident he had been enjoying a pleasant get-away on the idyllic Greek island

Before the incident he had been enjoying a pleasant get-away on the idyllic Greek island

Before the incident he had been enjoying a pleasant get-away on the idyllic Greek island

Speaking about the appeals process this morning, Mr Paradissis, who represented the police officers in court yesterday, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: ‘The appeal process in Greece is a retrial, the trial starts afresh.

‘So obviously if, I believe there is still time for the three defendants to say they are sorry, and then I believe that the outcome might be different.

‘Under Greek law you can withdraw some accusations regarding non-aggravated bodily harm and concerning the verbal assault, the insults that were shouted at the policemen.’ 

Asked whether the police would accept this, Mr Paradissis said: ‘Well I don’t know, but they told me they are still waiting for an apology and they haven’t heard any.

‘And this is what I find quite shocking and quite unsportmanship (sic), because fair play means when I’ve done something wrong, I apologise or at least I say I’m sorry for what happened to the other person.’

Lawyer Yoannis Paradissis claimed the captain's sister said nothing about being drugged by Albanians when she was interviewed by police

Lawyer Yoannis Paradissis claimed the captain’s sister said nothing about being drugged by Albanians when she was interviewed by police

MAguire is pictured above with his lawyer leaving the Greek court after sentencing

MAguire is pictured above with his lawyer leaving the Greek court after sentencing

Mr Paradissis added: ‘No one from the Maguire family was heard. We still haven’t heard his position, what happened, because I’m representing some policemen that have been hit, they have injuries.

‘We have the three defendants, they say they are not guilty, but on the other side they don’t explain how these injuries were made.’

Harry Maguire’s father Alan Maguire left Syros after the court case yesterday on a small boat with the footballer’s friend Ashden Morley who gave evidence.

One onlooker told MailOnline: ‘They looked completely fed up. They were wearing face masks, but their body language was that they were in a hurry to get going as the rig was being prepared to leave.’

It is thought the two men headed back to Mykonos, where the incident happened.

This morning, asked about Maguire claiming that he and his friends were the victims, Mr Paradissis said: ‘We don’t have the same definition of what a victim is then, because how can you be a victim, and the policemen that have been assaulted, hit, that were just doing their job, and they went home on the day with injuries – how can they not be a victim?

And speaking about claims Maguire’s sister had been injected with a drug, Mr Paradissis added: ‘Sure, but obviously that’s irrelevant concerning the assault committed against the police officers.

‘In any case, what is strange concerning this case about the sister is that the sister was interviewed by police and she said nothing about that to the police. This is a new line of defence that we heard recently.’

Asked if Maguire would have known the police officers were police officers, Mr Paradissis said: ‘Of course, because that’s the first thing they said. The police officers were there for other duties and they heard a brawl.

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