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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul MacInnes

QPR’s Ilias Chair sentenced to year in Belgian prison for breaking man’s skull

Ilias Chair during QPR’s game against Bristol City this month.
Ilias Chair during QPR’s game against Bristol City this month. Photograph: Graham Hunt/ProSports/Rex/Shutterstock

The Queens Park Rangers player Ilias Chair has been sentenced to a year in prison after being found guilty in Belgium of assaulting a man and breaking his skull with a rock.

Chair, 26, who is a key player for the Championship side and a Belgium-born Morocco international, is expected to appeal against the verdict and his club understand he remains available for selection as the Belgian legal process continues.

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