In just one year, life has changed completely for Ilias Chair, a midfielder for QPR in the Championship and an international for Morocco. He was at the World Cup in Qatar with the North African team and has now been sentenced to a year in prison.
The strong fight in which he was convicted
The QPR youth player had just finished his first season in the first team, when during his holiday he decided to go to Bazeilles, France. That’s where the events took place.
Together with his brother and a group of friends, they decide to have fun on a kayaking experience that ends in disaster. According to various French media, it all started when a woman first wanted the bus that took them to the place where they went kayaking. There gradually the tension builds and more and more people take part in the discussion. They clashed and Chair picked up a rock which he threw at Niels, the victim. The effect was such that he still suffers the consequences to this day.
The Daily Mail claims the 26-year-old player, who has a market value of 6.9m, hit him in the skull with a rock.
The consequences were a skull fracture two centimeters long, which is why he had to be rushed to Reims Hospital in an extremely critical situation, according to the Antwerp prosecutor at a hearing that took place in January.
The truck driver had to leave his job for a long time to recover from such an impact, to the point that he still has consequences to this day. ”He had to recover for a long time in a Belgian hospital and for a long time he was unable to do his job as a truck driver. “The blow was almost fatal for him and he still feels the consequences,” concluded the prosecutor..
The sentence was made public this week
In France, the country where the events took place, the sentence was made public this week. In addition to the year in prisonIlias Chair, who played 45 minutes in the third and fourth matches against Croatia, will have to pay 15,600 euros to the victim for the damages caused.
In terms of football, he is not doing badly this season, as he is the undisputed starter and in the 31 Championship (second English) matches in which he participated. He scored 4 goals and provided 5 assists. Of course, his team is second last and fighting for survival, which is now one point away. In this Saturday’s game (4pm) at home against Rotherdam, he will start.
Source: La Verdad
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