Jury retires in trial of football agent accused of sending threatening email

The jury in the trial of a football agent accused of sending a threatening email to a former Chelsea director demanding payment over the £29 million transfer of Kurt Zouma to West Ham has retired to consider its verdict.

The court has heard that in an email, the defendant allegedly implied that the then Chelsea director of football might “suffer the fate” of another agent, Kia Joorabchian, who claims he was accosted and intimidated by men demanding payment on behalf of Alrubie. Prosecutor Arizuna Asante told jurors that Alrubie had “nothing at all to do with the deal” and had “no right to or credible expectation to” benefit from the transfer.

Ms Granovskaia told jurors: “I felt threatened. Physically threatened. “Because of the language that was being used, because of the fact it was being made personal and because he referred to Kia’s incident.”

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