French rugby player gets one-year jail term after hitting wife
However, international prop Mohamed Haouas is unlikely to serve time in prison after the assault, which took place in public at a shopping centre last week.
MohamedMohamed Haouas, the France prop, has been sentenced to a year in prison for domestic abuse after hitting his wife in public last week, reports The Telegraph.
Reports from France have suggested that Haouas, who was remanded in custody between Friday and a fast-tracked court hearing on Tuesday, may not go to jail because he has been handed what is known as an adjustable sentence.
Haouas can appeal but is expected to return to court on June 26 in order to determine further conditions of his punishment. Already, it appears as though his move from Montpellier to Clermont, which had been agreed for this summer, will be cancelled.
Clermont released a statement on Tuesday afternoon explaining that Haouas had “put himself in total opposition with our identity” and “will not be able to wear our colours on the pitch”.
