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https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/ufc/conor-mcgregor-could-face-six-14271291''Conor McGregor could face six years in jail if found guilty of stomping on fan’s phone''
Conor McGregor could face a maximum of six years in prison if found guilty of stomping on a fan’s phone in Miami last month - but is likely to get away with a slap on the wrist.
The MMA superstar’s case is up for the first time in Florida on Wednesday and prosecutors have since reduced the charges.
The 30 year-old was arrested on March 11 and charged with one count of strong-arm robbery and one count of criminal mischief after allegedly slapping away and standing on Ahmed Abdirzak’s phone.
McGregor, who isn’t required to appear in person on Wednesday, was initially facing up to 20 years behind bars, however, prosecutors have since reduced the charges.
The case is before the Miami Dade County Court for arraignment - with the degree of one felony charge lowered and the other converted to a misdemeanour.
Ed Griffith, spokesperson for the Miami-Dade state attorney, told the Irish Daily Mirror: “[Wednesday] is the first step in the court process where the actual charging is done.
“We are charging him with a third degree felony of robbery by sudden snatching and he’s being charged with a first degree misdemeanour count of criminal mischief.
“A third degree felony is potentially a five year imprisonment and a first degree misdemeanour, the maximum, is potentially up to a year, but a first time offender’s not going to get five or six years.
“I know Mr McGregor has a convoluted history, but that’s what they figure out in the end.”
The felony criminal mischief charge has been reduced to just a misdemeanour after the supposed value of the phone went from $1,000 to “between $200 and $1,000.”
And the Crumlin brawler’s ‘strong-armed robbery’ charge has been changed from a second-degree felony to “robbery by sudden snatching,” which is a third-degree felony.
McGregor’s immigration status could also be affected if he is convicted, and he may have trouble entering the US for any future fights or business ventures.
Meanwhile, it emerged on Tuesday the man who was suing Conor McGregor over the Miami phone smashing incident has dropped his civil lawsuit against him.
Abdirzak, 22, has withdrawn his legal claim against the Notorious sparking rumours the pair made an out of court settlement.
McGregor recently completed community service for attacking a bus crammed with MMA fighters in Brooklyn, New York, last April.