Egypt legend Hossam Hassan spared jail term

Egypt's all-time leading scorer Hossam Hassan has been spared a possible prison sentence after a police photographer dropped his case against the former striker.

The Al Masry coach had been due to appear in court on Saturday charged with assaulting the photographer after an Egyptian league match last Friday.

The incident happened as players and officials from Al Masry and Ghazl Al Mahalla clashed after the two sides drew 2-2.

"I decided to end the case as I love city of Port Said [where Al Masry is based] and let me tell you that I love Hossam Hassan and his twin Ibrahim as they made the Egyptians happy," the police photographer Reda Abdelmaged said to reporters.

"I saw what Hossam's kid wrote on her Facebook when she said she was sad because she might see her dad in prison - and he words made me sad so I decided to end it all."

Despite the case being dropped Hassan will stay in prison as the Masry chairman Samir Halabiya explained.

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