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Russian fans jailed for Euro 2016 violence

Published: 16 Jun 2016 17:26 GMT+02:00

A French court on Thursday jailed three Russian football supporters for up to two years for their role in violence in Marseille before the England-Russia Euro 2016 match.

Alexei Yerunov, Nikolai Morozov and Sergei Gorbachev were among  by French police in southern France on Tuesday after the pitched battles which left more than 30 people injured.

   

Yerunov, 29, who is supporters' liaison officer at Lokomotiv Moscow according to the club's website, received the longest prison sentence of 24 months.

   

He admitted he was at the scene of an attack on an English supporter who was left in a critical state after being beaten around the head with an iron bar. He denied being responsible.

   

"I apologise. I recognise that I was there but I didn't hit anyone. My hands are clean," he told the court.

   

Gorbachev, who leads a supporters' club at Russian second division club Arsenal Tula, was jailed for 18 months.

   

Morozov, 28, received the shortest sentence of 12 months.

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