Serge Aurier handed two-month suspended prison sentence after Paris Saint-Germain defender attacked a police officer outside a nightclub

• Serge Aurier has been handed a two-month suspended prison sentence
• Aurier appeared in court on Monday after he attacked a Paris police officer
• The defender won’t go to prison but was fined £521 in damages

Paris Saint-Germain defender Serge Aurier has been handed a two-month suspended prison sentence after he attacked a police officer.

Ivorian right-back Aurier, 23, elbowed the officer after he was pulled over on the side of the road outside a nightclub in May and asked to take a breath test.

Aurier appeared in court on Monday and was fined £521 in damages. He remains free pending an appeal and will not serve time in prison due to the suspended nature of the sentence.

Police said the altercation took place shortly before dawn after Aurier left a club in the Champs Elysees area of Paris.

‘We’re appealing. Mr Aurier contests the findings. He’s not guilty and must be acquitted,’ lawyer Claire Boutard de la Combe told reporters.

The former Lens and Toulouse defender told French television in June: ‘It was violent. The police officers got out of the car, insulted me, brutalised me, my lip was smashed.

‘What’s even worse is that the police officer said I had elbowed him in the thorax. If I wanted to touch him, I would have punched him in the face. He did though, strike me several times in the face.

‘I have nothing to hide in the case, there are at least five or six witnesses that say exactly the same thing I have.’

Despite his sentence, Aurier remains free to play for PSG and is likely to take to the field for Unai Emery’s side in their Champions League clash with Bulgarian side Ludogorets on Wednesday.

Aurier’s brush with trouble is the latest incident to blight his career in the French capital. He was suspended earlier this year after making derogatory comments about the then PSG coach Laurent Blanc.

He subsequently apologised for his actions, saying: ‘I made a big mistake, I am here to say sorry to the coach, the club and my team-mates, and to the supporters because they are the most important people.

‘I want to apologise especially to the coach. I can only thank him for all he has done for me since I arrived in Paris. He wanted me and since I came here everything has gone really well. I owe him a lot and that is why I apologise sincerely to him for what was said, which I deeply regret.

‘I will accept any sanction the club impose on me regarding this incident. I made a mistake, it was unforgivable and I am ready to face all the consequences.’