The older brother of Paul Pogba, former Manchester United midfielder, has been sentenced to a 3 12 months jail time period, two years suspended, after being convicted of making an attempt to extort the French footballer.
Mathias Pogba, who was additionally fined €20,000 (£16,500), will keep away from time behind bars and as a substitute serve one 12 months carrying an digital bracelet.
5 different males have been discovered responsible of extortion and different crimes, and acquired sentences between 4 and eight years in a Paris court docket on Thursday.
Paul Pogba, 31, mentioned he had been “tricked by childhood mates” who held him at gunpoint in 2022 and demanded €13m (£10.8m). He mentioned he paid them €100,000 (£82,600).
Mathias Pogba’s lawyer Mbeko Tabula instructed RMC Sport the sentencing was “extraordinarily harsh” and mentioned “I believe we are going to attraction”.
The opposite 5 defendants have been handed the next sentences: Roushdane Ok acquired eight years, Boubacar C 4 years, two suspended, Adama C 5 years, Mamadou M 5 years, 12 months suspended, and Machikour Ok 4 years, three suspended.
Final 12 months, Paul Pogba instructed Al Jazeera that he had considered retiring from football because of the extortion attempt.
“When there’s cash you must watch out,” he mentioned. “Cash adjustments individuals. It might break up a household. It might create a struggle”.
