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Soccer thugs face jail in UK despite Portuguese blunder

PUBLISHED June 21, 2004
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English football hooligans were warned last night they face jail terms in Britain, despite the bureaucratic shambles which allowed one ringleader to walk away a free man.

The Home Office said that there would be no repeat of the blunder which saw Gary Mann, who was convicted of throwing bottles at police and inciting a riot, escape his prison sentence.

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