Former Leeds United striker Malik Wilks pleads guilty to affray over incident in which man was stabbed at Leeds West Indian Carnival - but will not be going to jail

By Tony Gardner

Published 9th Jul 2020, 16:27 BST

Updated 9th Jul 2020, 19:48 BST

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Former Leeds United striker Mallik Wilks has pleaded guilty to affray over a disturbance in which a man was stabbed at Leeds West Indian Carnival.

Wilks also pleaded guilty to an offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm over the incident which took place in August 2017.

Wilks, now a player with Hull City, will be sentenced for the offences at the end of the football season but was told by a judge that he will NOT be sending him to jail.