Harry Maguire is denied his day in court: England star’s bid to clear his name over ‘holiday brawl’ in Mykonos which erupted when ‘Albanian thug tried to spike his sister Daisy’ is delayed for second time after lawyers go on strike in Greece

Harry Maguire’s fight to clear his name over a Mykonos ‘brawl’ continues after he was denied his day in court for a second time due to a lawyers’ strike.

It has been more than three years since Manchester United played as a defender Maguire was holidaying with a group, including wife Fern Hawkins, his sister Daisy and brother Joe, at a £29,000-a-week villa in Mykonos.

An altercation is said to have arisen outside the Bonbonniere bar after Daisy was allegedly injected with an unknown substance after being approached by ‘gangster-like’ Albanian businessmen.

Maguire claimed that despite wanting to take her to a hospital, he was taken to a police station where he was beaten. The footballer feared he was part of an attempted kidnapping and tried to flee the scene.

But Maguire was arrested and later found guilty of assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and attempted bribery while on holiday in August 2020.

The 30-year-old was given a 21-month suspended sentence for his alleged involvement in a fight on the island. He appealed the verdict but has since been awaiting a hearing on the neighboring island of Syros as the case drags on.

The England international was ‘prepared’ for Wednesday’s hearing by an appeal court judge, but will now have to wait longer for the case to be resolved as the proceedings cannot take place due to the lawyers’ strike.

A new trial date has been set for March 2025, it is understood – the second time it has been postponed.

Prosecutor Yannis Paradisis told the newspaper Guardian: ‘The case is adjourned.

‘Due to the strike, no legal proceedings can take place. Tomorrow we will receive a new date from the judge.’

And an insider at the court told it Sun: “Many of us want to be done with this case.

“But we can’t do anything because of this industrial action. You cannot see lawyers as strikebreakers.’

“It was the last case to be heard,” she added.

Maguire previously said he has no regrets about the incident and is not concerned because his ‘conscience is clear’.

He told The Times in November 2022: ‘Some people will believe me, some won’t.

‘But one thing I would like to say about Mykonos is that I have no regrets.

‘I’m not worried about the outcome. I don’t worry about anything because my conscience is so clear about what happened that night.

“The people who were there that night, there were nine of us, we all understand what happened and what happened.”

Maguire’s sister Daisy was approached by ‘gangster-like’ Albanian businessmen, one of whom started talking to her, sources said The sun back in 2020.

When she rejected him, she was reportedly stabbed in the arm with a sharp metal straw, drawing blood and causing her to pass out. At that point Maguire intervened and a fight broke out, it is alleged.

Matters escalated after police intervened, leading to Maguire’s arrest.

Paradisis represents two of the three police officers who allege the former United captain kicked and punched them.

He said his clients were “patient men”, before adding: “They are professionals and they know that justice (in this country) can take a long time.”

Wednesday’s appeal would have come more than eighteen months after the date of the trial.

And it’s not the first setback for Maguire, as it was postponed last May after his lawyer, Alexis Anagnostakis, couldn’t make it due to a scheduling conflict.

It was hoped the hearing could finally put the issue to rest – some 42 months after the alleged brawl.

“At this rate, Maguire may have retired from professional football if he receives a summons,” said a Syros Tribunal court official, confirming the postponement.

‘The limitation period starts after eight years. If the case has not yet been dealt with, it will be written off.’