A French court on Monday jailed two British men for their role in the Marseille fan battles before the England-Russia Euro 2016 match. Ian Hepworth, a 41-year-old psychiatric nurse was sentenced to three months in prison. Alexander Booth, a 20-year-old chef, received a two-month term. Both were banned from France for two years.
They were the first of 10 men to be tried for their part in the mass fighting in the southern French city at the weekend, the worst violence to hit a major football tournament since the 1998 World Cup which was also held in France. Hepworth admitted throwing a beer bottle at police at 1.00 am on Sunday, following England's match with Russia on Saturday.
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