The adage “there are always Chileans” is common when a compatriot is involved in an international news event, which doesn’t necessarily mean anything positive. This is the case Claudio Camposa citizen who appears on the list of criminals arrested in great Britain.

Articles published by The Manchester Evening News thus collects “16 famous criminals from across England imprisoned in October”in which they concoct a series of crimes that shock the nation, declaring that they are “some of most shocking court case which have been reported in recent weeks.

Among them is Claudio Campos, the 28-year-old Chilean who a few years ago made headlines for being part of a team in the third category of the English National League and who recently arrested after being accused of brutally beating a Sikh priest.

The case of Claudio Campos

According to the media mentioned above, the Chilean was described by the local press as a “criminal” accused of assault in broad daylight and “without justifiable cause” on the way to a Sikh priest, the victim was identified as a 62 year old man named Avtar Singh.

The beating occurred on the afternoon of 23 June in Manchester city centre, when Campos’ Polish girlfriend criticized for being harassed by a man who had “touched her ass”after that he appointed this priest as the alleged perpetrator.

Following this situation, according to sector surveillance camera records, the Chilean was caught chasing Singh while he was trying to escape, when the national player finally “approached from the side and hit him twice in the head in quick succession before landing another blow to the head which sent him to the ground. ”

fugitive from justice

According to British media, Claudio Campos was also a fugitive for about three months before he was arrested by local authorities on a property located on the outskirts of Fallowfield, where a series of items were also seized, including “a suitcase full of the jacket he was wearing.”

During the trial against Claudio Campos, it was explained that the victim has been left in a serious condition after the beatingwhere he suffered “serious traumatic brain injury, stroke caused by bleeding in the brain, multiple fractures of the cheek, jaw and eye sockets.”

#JAILED | A man is jailed for a horrific attack that left a Sikh priest with life-changing injuries.

Claudio Campos, 28, appeared before a judge at Manchester Crown Court this afternoon after pleading guilty to assaulting Avtar Singh.

More here: https://t.co/ql8aLLfYTH pic.twitter.com/xHMzOF5sQi

— Greater Manchester Police (@gpolice) October 6, 2022

In fact, the pastor remains hospitalized due to the complexity of his health condition, detailing that he with vision problems and require medical attention 24 hours a day.

Finally it was determined that Chile “confesses guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm”which although the judge in the case stated that the maximum sentence that could be imposed against him was five years in prison, it was eventually reduced to three years behind bars for his statements.

Football career

Through social networks, he also realized after the arrest of Claudio Campos that he was once a football team player. Wythenshawe Amateur FC from the third category National League England, even played a match in the 2020/21 edition of the FA Cup.

Precisely in September 2020 the national has given Agricultural Radio Interviewwhere he reviewed his football career and how he arrived in Europe after going through a formative move Audax Italy.

Ex @wythenshawafc player Claudio Campos will appear at MCR Crown Court, Crown Square on Thursday, 06 Oct 2022 for the brutal attack on the Sikh priest at MCR. Meet at 9:30 am in Court to show your support for the priest and his family. @SikhPA @MENnewsdesk @SherePanjabUK pic.twitter.com/5kGSyceyMA

— Gurpreet Singh (@singhuist) October 4, 2022

In conversations with national media, Campos reported that he came to the team “because my former coach from the previous club was part of the staff and brought me in. He offered me to go, join the project and since I already worked with him, I accepted. We both know each other and that will be an important factor in adapting to a new club”.

On that occasion, he also reminded that his arrival in Europe took place in 2016 when he had the option to play in Spainthe country where he lived for two years before accepting an offer from the UK which at the time could not be completed “because I am from outside the community and the proposal stalled.”

Given this, Claudio Campos pointed out that “I returned to Chile and a few months later I decided to travel to England; I sent my CV and video to different videos until they decided to hire me at a club in the town of Scunthorpe, near Hull”.

On the other hand, he stated that his dream is “to go to Wembley to play in the final and leave Chile very well”. As a player, this is to represent the values ​​of the people I love, I am part of the Chile that is here and I want to write my own story”.

Finally, in an interview with Deportes Agricultura he mentioned that his two references were Alexis Sánchez and Jamie Vardy, reassuring about the England striker that “I want to be where he is now, making a name for myself in England. In some places they already recognize me and that speaks well of my work. Making a name for myself here will be important for my career.”