Andrés Ramiro ‘Manga’ Escobar, a former soccer player for Deportivo Cali, Atlético Nacional and Millonarios, among other teams, was sentenced a few days ago in Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland, for the crime of sexual abuse.
According to the ‘Morgunbladid’, one of the oldest newspapers in that country, the Colombian was sentenced last Friday to two and a half years in prison for the crime in question after a hearing in the local Reykjavik Court.
The case of ‘Manga’
According to the information published by ‘Morgunbladid’, the event for which ‘Manga’ is judged would have occurred on September 19. According to the press report, Escobar, who has been playing for Leiknir Reykjavík since last year, would have abused a woman in his home.
Regarding the hearing in which the Colombian soccer player was sentenced, the media records that the Puerto Tejada-born would have admitted having sexual relations with the complainant, but “denied having abused her.”
The striker’s lawyer, who came to play in France and the United States, would have appealed the ruling before a national court. In the meantime, the newspaper reported, Escobar remains in custody. This is how it will be, in principle, until the first of September, the day on which the resolution of his appeal is expected.
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