Man jailed for 10 years for armed attack on Arsenal players


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Europa League - Arsenal Training - Arsenal Training Centre, St Albans, Britain - October 2, 2019 Arsenal's Sead Kolasinac, Mesut Ozil and Shkodran Mustafi during training Action Images via Reuters/Tony O'Brien

LONDON (Reuters) - A man who tried to rob Arsenal players Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac at knifepoint in a failed North London carjacking last July was sentenced to 10 years in jail on Friday.

The BBC reported that Ashley Smith, 30, was sentenced at Harrow Crown Court after admitting trying to steal watches worth 200,000 pounds ($255,440.00) from the Premier League players.

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