known this was a blackmail attempt and he was helping his childhood friend to make money out of it, even though benzema didn t want the money he was doing it out of a desire to help his friend and couldn t have known that blackmail was the root cause. that s where he was found guilty and he s been given a suspended sentence of the year which is tough but he will appeal, which means he is technically innocent and it does raise questions about his position in the french national side. he s been out of the side for several years and is now at the top of his game and they want him in the side but the federation have said a guilty verdict wouldn t necessarily have had any impact on him staying in the national side. an eight year old boy who was struck by a car which was driven through a christmas parade in wisconsin on sunday has died of his injuries, bringing the death toll to six. darrell brooks, the 39 year old accused of driving the red suv, appeared in court yesterday, charged with in