QPR player Ilias Chair has been sent to prison on Friday after breaking a truck driver’s skull with a rock.
A court in Antwerp, where the Morocco international grew up, has sentenced him to jail for a year with a further 12 months suspended on Friday morning.
The 26-year-old has also been ordered to pay the victim £13,400 in compensation for his injuries while Chair’s brother Jaber has also been jailed.
The two assaulted a truck driver, named Niels T in court, with a rock that left him with serious injuries including a broken skull.
Antwerp’s public prosecutor told a January hearing: “According to many people involved, Ilias Chair lashed out at Niels T with a stone and knocked him unconscious.
“The consequences were dramatic for Niels T. He suffered a severe skull fracture, two centimetres long, and was taken to hospital at Reims in critical condition.
“Afterwards he had to recover for a long time in a Belgian hospital, and could not do his job as a lorry driver for a long time.
“The blow was almost fatal for him, and he still feels the after-effects.”
Chair had been a key player for QPR this season, playing 31 times in the Championship, scoring four and assisting five.
The south London side are in a desperate situation, sitting in the relegation zone and are in serious danger of being relegated to League One this season.
The 26-year-old has been a key player for QPR, where he has played for the majority of his career.
In total, he has made 223 appearances for the Rs, scoring 32 times and assisting 36.
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