'Your purpose was to cause violence' - Judge jails Roma fan for violent disorder in Sean Cox case

Update: Lombardi has been jailed for three years for a charge of violent disorder which he had pleaded guilty to at a pre-trial hearing.

'Your purpose was to cause violence' - Judge jails Roma fan for violent disorder in Sean Cox case

Update - 4.04pm: Lombardi has been jailed for three years for a charge of violent disorder which he had pleaded guilty to at a pre-trial hearing.

Recorder of Preston Judge Mark Brown said: "There is no doubt in my mind that your purpose was to cause a violent clash with the Liverpool fans and that's demonstrated vividly in film footage.

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