Ex-Germany defender Christoph Metzelder has been given a suspended 10-month prison sentence for sharing child pornography images.
The 40-year-old admitted to sharing the files with three women on WhatsApp during his appearance at a Dusseldorf court on Thursday.
Metzelder insisted that he was not involved in any "attacks on children and youths" but acknowledged the damage his actions have caused to those involved, while also promising to return the awards he has received for founding a child poverty charity.
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"I took screenshots of incriminating images on freely accessible websites and talked about extreme fantasies in chats," the former Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund centre-half said after being found guilty of the charges against him.