Ex presidente de club turco condenado por agresión a árbitro

$Write informative laconic excerpt under 30 words in mexican spanish for news below. Do not wrap it into quotation marks or html tags. Nov 11, 2024, 06:42 AM ETFaruk Koca punched Halil Umut Meler in the face last December. Emin Sansar/Anadolu via Getty ImagesA Turkish court sentenced a former top-flight football club executive to more than three and a half years in prison on Monday for attacking a referee on the pitch at the end of a league game last season.Former Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca punched referee Halil Umut Meler in the face after the final whistle of a 1-1 draw in a Super Lig game against Caykur Rizespor last year.Meler, who fell to the ground, was also kicked in a melee that occurred when fans also invaded the field after Rizespor scored a last-minute equaliser on Dec. 11, 2023.The incident had caused global outrage and prompted the Turkish Football Federation to suspend all league games for several weeks.The court in Ankara convicted Koca of "intentionally wounding a public official" and sentenced him to three years and seven months in prison, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.The court also convicted Koca of threatening the referee and of violating laws aimed at preventing violence in sports but suspended the sentences.Three other people who were also on trial for attacking the referee, were sentenced to prison terms ranging from one to five years, the agency reported.Koca, who resigned as club president soon after the incident, is expected to appeal the verdict. He was briefly jailed last year before being released on bail.Earlier, lawyers representing the defendants requested their acquittal, claiming that they had committed the crime under "unjust provocation," Anadolu reported.Ankaragucu was fined 2 million Turkish Lira ($59,000) and forced to play five home games without fans.The referee was briefly hospitalised with a small fracture near his eye. ,Ex presidente de Ankaragücü, Faruk Koca, condenado a más de tres años de cárcel por agresión a árbitro Halil Umut Meler en la Super Lig turca.$

Ex presidente del club de fútbol en Turquía condenado por golpear a árbitro en el campo

Faruk Koca golpeó a Halil Umut Meler al final de un juego de la Super Lig

En diciembre pasado, el ex presidente del Ankaragucu, Faruk Koca, golpeó al árbitro Halil Umut Meler en la cara al final de un partido de la Super Lig contra Caykur Rizespor. El incidente provocó indignación global y la suspensión de todos los juegos de liga en Turquía durante varias semanas. Koca fue condenado a más de tres años de prisión por las acciones cometidas.