Harry Maguire treated like ‘just another drunk Brit’, say Greek police
Manchester United captain was arrested in Mykonos earlier this month following an incident in a bar
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Your support makes all the difference.A policeman involved in the arrest of Manchester United captain Harry Maguire in Mykonos has claimed Greek police treated the defender the same as they would any other drunk Briton.
Maguire, 27, said he feared he was being abducted when plain-clothes officers, who allegedly did not identify themselves, arrested him on 21 August following an incident in a bar.
Speaking to the BBC last week, the defender also insisted that the brawl leading to his arrest resulted from two Albanian men injecting his 20-year-old sister Daisy with a drug.
But one of the officers involved told The Sun: “There was no mention of Albanians and nothing about his sister.
“That issue was never raised. We didn’t treat him differently to other drunk British guys.
“Every time he opens his mouth, he lies. This was just a drunk guy getting in a fight. We deal with it a lot.
“But it has turned into something else with everything he says.
“Why would eight police surround him and not identify themselves? We’d lose our jobs.”
Last week, Maguire was found guilty of aggravated assault, resisting arrest and repeated attempts of bribery, though his conviction was nullified when Manchester United confirmed that an official appeal by the England international’s legal team had been accepted – meaning a retrial is due.
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