Gary Neville has tried to elucidate his ‘like’ of a put up on Twitter that appeared to help prison costs being dropped towards Manchester United striker Mason Greenwood.
The 21-year-old was arrested in January 2022 and was attributable to stand trial in November on accusations of tried rape, assault and coercive management.
Nonetheless, the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed on Thursday that every one costs had been dropped attributable to “a mix of the withdrawal of key witnesses and new materials that got here to mild [meaning] there was now not a sensible prospect of conviction”.
Former United full-back turned pundit Neville got here in for criticism on Thursday after liking and retweeting posts from Nazir Afzal, a solicitor and former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England, that defended Greenwood, referring to him as “an harmless man” and criticising “trial by media”.
Neville took to Twitter to elucidate his actions, posting: “I favored a tweet referring to the Mason Greenwood information this afternoon from Nazir Afzal (the previous director of public prosecutions).
“This like is being misinterpreted. It was a careless like as I clearly condemn any violence towards ladies.”
United “will conduct its personal course of” earlier than figuring out subsequent steps for Greenwood.
Greenwood final featured for United on January 22 final yr in a 1-0 victory towards West Ham and has been suspended by the membership ever since.
I favored a tweet referring to the Mason Greenwood information this afternoon from Nazir Afzal. ( the previous director of public prosecutions ). This like is being misinterpreted. It was a careless like as I clearly condemn any violence towards ladies.
— Gary Neville (@GNev2) February 2, 2023