A hearing in Paris’ police court took place on Thursday, with prosecutors saying that former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra should face the maximum punishmentPatrice Evra did not appear in the Paris court for Thursday’s hearing (Image: AFP via Getty Images)A French prosecutor has demanded Patrice Evra be fined €1,500 (£1,310), the maximum sentence, if found guilty of homophobic comments made in a 2019 Snapchat video that ended up being leaked. A hearing in Paris’ police court took place on Thursday following a complaint from the Mousse and Stop Homophobia associations because of a “public insult of a group of people for their sexual orientation”. The judge presiding over the hearing downgraded the charge to “private insult” because the video was not intended to be leaked. Evra did not attend the hearing. A decision on whether to find the former Manchester United left back guilty will be made on February 9. During the video, filmed after Manchester United won 3-1 at Le Parc des Princes in the Champions League, Evra said: “Paris, you are some fa*****, some fa*****, I’m telling you. We [United] put our D team [against PSG] and we did you. Some kids played – they used to
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Patrice Evra facing fine if found guilty of making homophobic insult towards PSG players
