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Manchester United defender Harry Maguire's retrial has gone ahead in Greece as he looks to overturn a conviction of assaulting a police officer and attempted bribery. The case stems from an incident on the Greek island of Syros, where Maguire and his family were on holiday and became involved in an altercation outside a bar in August 2020.

The Daily Mail reports that the retrial has started with the United defender not required to attend the hearing. It is almost six years since the incident, which saw Maguire arrested and given a 21-month suspended sentence.

Maguire claimed that his younger sister, Daisy, was approached by two men, injected with an unknown substance and began drifting in and out of consciousness. He attempted to get her to a hospital but was instead taken to a police station, where he alleged he was beaten on the legs by uniformed men who told him his football career was over and whom he believed were impersonating officers.

Fearing he had been caught up in a kidnap attempt, he tried to flee but was apprehended and spent two nights in custody. Maguire was later found guilty by a Greek court of assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and attempted bribery, receiving the suspended sentence.

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The 32‑year‑old has denied any bribery accusations and rejects claims that he said: 'Do you know who I am?', as prosecutors alleged. It is also claimed that both he and Daisy sustained injuries which, if evidenced during the appeal, could support his case.

The trial was originally scheduled for October 2025 but was postponed for a fourth time after Maguire's lawyer argued that the case file needed to be translated into English.

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"Some people will believe me; some people won't," he previously told The Times. "But one thing I would say about Mykonos is that I have no regrets. I don't worry about what the outcome is going to be.

"I don't worry about anything to do with it 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 went on and what happened."

The incident has affected his confidence in going out in public. "I'm a lad who wants to live as normal a life as possible," he added. "I can remember at the time, when it happened, a lot of people were like, 'Well, why hasn’t he got security following him around? He's got enough money to do that.'

"But the bottom line is, I'm on holiday with my family. I'm not on a lads' holiday. I'm on holiday with my wife and my sister and my brother. I want to live a normal life. If I can get away without having a security guard stood beside me watching over me, then I will do."