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21st January 2016
02:48pm GMT

Spanish law does not require that people handed sentences of fewer than two years actually serve any of their sentence in prison, unless the convictions pertain to a violent offence.
Avoiding the prison term will likely involve payment in full of the fine imposed last month, as well as interest. Somehow we think he'll be able to stump up the cash.
To summarise, Javier Mascherano was sentenced to a year in prison a month ago, has not yet served any time in a jail or a prison, and that is very unlikely to change after his lawyers finish up in that Spanish courtroom today.Explore more on these topics: