Harry Maguire's Greece court date postponed

Harry Maguire's retrial in Greece has been postponed for the fourth time – more than five years after the Manchester United and England defender was arrested on the Greek island of Mykonos.

The long-awaited hearing was due to begin in Syros on Wednesday morning, and Maguire’s defence team were in court ready to clear his name, but it has been put back yet again until March of next year.

There is even a possibility that it will never come to trial at all because the statute of limitations in Greece takes effect after eight years in August 2028.

Maguire, who did not have to attend the hearing in person, was arrested in the summer of 2020 following a brawl on a family holiday and convicted of assaulting a police officer and attempted bribery.

The United star was handed a 21-month suspended sentence, but the conviction was automatically quashed on appeal under Greek law.

The retrial has already been postponed three times, first in May 2023 because Maguire’s defence counsel was unavailable, then in February 2024 due to the Greek lawyers’ strike and again in March of this year.

The 32-year-old is currently having some time away with his family during the international break after once again being overlooked by England boss Thomas Tuchel for the games against Wales and Latvia.

Maguire hasn’t played for his country for 13 months since he was selected by caretaker boss Lee Carsley to face Ireland in September last year.