Campbell denied any wrongdoing and over the past 14 days, the Court of Appeal has heard from both his lawyers and also the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), who opposed the appeal.
The Danish immigration minister put up a photo of herself on Facebook having a cake decorated with the number 50 and a Danish flag to celebrate passing her 50th amendment to tighten immigration controls.And Danish law has only tightened further since then.
Mayors from towns outside Copenhagen had long been sounding the alarm about the effects of the speedy influx of migrants.Migrant workers and their families had tended to move just outside the capital, to avoid high living costs. Denmark's famous welfare system was perceived to be under strain. Infant schools were said to be full of children who didn't speak Danish. Some unemployed migrants reportedly received resettlement payments that made their welfare benefits larger than those of unemployed Danes, and government statistics suggested immigrants were committing more crimes than others. Local resentment was growing, mayors warned.Today Denmark's has become one of the loudest voices in Europe calling for asylum seekers and other migrants turning up without legal papers to be processed outside the continent.
The country had first looked at detaining migrants without papers on a Danish island that used to house a centre for contagious animals. That plan was shelved.Then Copenhagen passed a law in 2021 allowing asylum claims to be processed and refugees to be resettled in partner countries, like Rwanda. The UK's former Conservative government attempted a not dissimilar plan that was later annulled.
Copenhagen's Kigali plan hasn't progressed much either but it's tightened rules on family reunions, which not long ago, was seen as a refugee's right. It has also made all refugees' stay in Denmark temporary by law, whatever their need for protection.
But many of Denmark's harsh measures seemed targeted as much at making headlines, as taking action. The Danish authorities intentionally created a "hostile environment" for migrants", says Alberto Horst Neidhardt, senior analyst at the European Policy Centre."The way he defended, just that alone could be worth the Ballon d'Or. That's how you lead a team: goals, trophies, leadership, defence, his pressing."
Unlike Yamal, Dembele still has the Fifa Club World Cup to play in this summer to cement his claims.Yamal is achieving things few 17-year-olds have ever done before.
Before his 18th birthday - which he will celebrate on 13 July - he has already, La Liga, the Copa del Rey, plus a Spanish Super Cup while in the colours of Barca.