{"id":201321,"date":"2026-02-13T16:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=201321"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:45:17","slug":"convicted-for-chaos-in-the-stands-in-france-croatian-water-polo-representative-ended-up-6-months-behind-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/convicted-for-chaos-in-the-stands-in-france-croatian-water-polo-representative-ended-up-6-months-behind-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"CONVICTED FOR CHAOS IN THE STANDS IN FRANCE: Croatian water polo representative ended up 6 months behind bars!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Croatian water polo representative Jerko Marini\u0107 Kragi\u0107 was sentenced to six months in prison.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shocking news echoed through the region, and the information was reported by &#8220;Dalmatinski portal&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As stated, the time spent in custody was included in the pronounced sentence, and the sentence was replaced by community service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three other people were arrested along with Marini\u0107 Kragi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The famous Croatian water polo player was convicted due to an incident that occurred during the European Football Championship in France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EURO 2016 Fires and fights in Croatian section during Czech Croatia Saint etienne\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cyxCc8pVrPM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The match between Croatia and the Czech Republic at the Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium in Saint-\u00c9tienne was interrupted in the 86th minute due to chaos in the stands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the indictment of the Municipal State Attorney&#8217;s Office in Split, Marini\u0107 Kragi\u0107 and three other persons were found guilty of causing riots in the stands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were charged with, aiming to prevent the continuation of the match, verbally and physically attacking fans and stewards who were trying to prevent more serious riots. It is also stated that they incited others to violence and the continuation of the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accused denied guilt during the proceedings. Marini\u0107 Kragi\u0107 claimed that he was trying to separate the participants of the conflict and calm the situation, but the Court made the decision based on photographs and video recordings from the stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Football Federation of Croatia was fined 100,000 euros due to the events at the stadium in Saint-\u00c9tienne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/pedophile-arrested-in-new-belgrade-he-touched-himself-on-his-private-parts-in-front-of-children-then-beat-a-boy-with-a-pole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">PEDOPHILE ARRESTED IN NEW BELGRADE: He touched himself on his private parts in front of children, then beat a boy with a pole!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/only-seven-days-left-nis-submitted-a-new-request-for-a-special-license-from-the-us-department-of-the-treasury\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ONLY SEVEN DAYS LEFT: NIS submitted a new request for a special license from the US Department of the Treasury!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/horror-in-ivanjica-dangerous-poison-scattered-on-the-streets-several-dogs-died-human-health-also-endangered\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HORROR IN IVANJICA: Dangerous poison scattered on the streets, several dogs died, human health also endangered!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/miomir-in-the-quarter-finals-kecmanovic-achieved-an-important-victory-in-dallas-over-the-24th-ranked-tennis-player-in-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MIOMIR IN THE QUARTER-FINALS: Kecmanovi\u0107 achieved an important victory in Dallas over the 24th-ranked tennis player in the world!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/the-greatest-serbian-diplomat-heres-why-jovan-ristic-is-known-as-the-thomas-jefferson-of-serbia-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">THE GREATEST SERBIAN DIPLOMAT: Here\u2019s Why Jovan Risti\u0107 Is Known as the Thomas Jefferson of Serbia!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/the-birth-of-the-nemanjic-dynasty-the-story-of-stefan-the-first-crowned-and-the-creation-of-the-first-serbian-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">THE BIRTH OF THE NEMANJI\u0106 DYNASTY: The story of Stefan the First-Crowned and the creation of the first Serbian kingdom!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Source<\/strong><\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurir.rs\/sport\/ostali-sportovi\/9913433\/hrvatski-reprezentativac-jerko-marinic-krgic-osudjen-na-zatvor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kurir<\/a>; <strong>Photo<\/strong>: Printscreen YouTube<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Croatian water polo representative Jerko Marini\u0107 Kragi\u0107 was sentenced to six months in prison. The shocking news echoed through the region, and the information was reported by &#8220;Dalmatinski portal&#8221;. As stated, the time spent in custody was included in the pronounced sentence, and the sentence was replaced by community service. Three other people were arrested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":201322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[117,7038,11284,91,2916,733],"class_list":["post-201321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-balkan","tag-hrvatska","tag-huligani","tag-jerko-marinic-kragic","tag-sport","tag-vaterpolo","tag-zatvor","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201321"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201365,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201321\/revisions\/201365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}