Jail and ban for England fans at Euro 2016

Two England fans have been jailed and banned from France after appearing in a Marseille court charged in connection with violence at the weekend.
Jail and ban for England fans at Euro 2016

Alexander Booth and Ian Hepworth were the first fans to be dealt with after the widespread trouble in the French port city, which left another fan with severe head injuries and Euro 2016 organiser Uefa threatening to ban England and Russia if there is any repeat.

Booth, 20, of Huddersfield, was jailed for two months for throwing a bottle at police and banned from France for two years. Hepworth, 41, a psychiatric nurse from Sheffield, was given a three-month sentence for the same offence and the same ban.

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