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| A Sunday League footballer who deliberately stamped on an opponent's leg, breaking it in several places, has been jailed for a year. | A Sunday League footballer who deliberately stamped on an opponent's leg, breaking it in several places, has been jailed for a year. |
| Nathaniel Kerr, 24, pleaded guilty at Manchester Crown Court to assault. | Nathaniel Kerr, 24, pleaded guilty at Manchester Crown Court to assault. |
| The 30-year-old victim, Stuart Parsons, had been arguing with one of Kerr's team-mates just before the incident in Stockport last August, the court heard. | |
| Mr Parsons had reconstructive surgery on his right ankle and spent weeks in hospital after the assault. | |
| The incident happened two minutes into the first game of the season between Emigration FC and AFC Gold Cup in the Stockport Sunday league. | |
| Mr Parsons, a defender for Emigration FC, said he had touched the ball just twice when Kerr lunged at him in a two-footed tackle, dislocating his ankle and breaking it in two places. | |
| As he lay in agony on the pitch off Jackson's Lane, Hazel Grove, Kerr shouted to a team-mate: "I've done this 'cos of you." | |
| PC Louise Spencer, of Greater Manchester Police, said: "This injury has had a catastrophic effect on the victim's life, meaning he has been unable to work or support his young family. | PC Louise Spencer, of Greater Manchester Police, said: "This injury has had a catastrophic effect on the victim's life, meaning he has been unable to work or support his young family. |
| "He is self-employed and the injury meant he was forced to rely on the kindness of his team-mates, who arranged fundraisers and charity events to provide the financial support he needed," she added. | "He is self-employed and the injury meant he was forced to rely on the kindness of his team-mates, who arranged fundraisers and charity events to provide the financial support he needed," she added. |
| "All the while Kerr has shown absolutely no remorse for his vicious attack, calling the victim a 'wimp' and verbally abusing him as he was lying in agony on the pitch." | "All the while Kerr has shown absolutely no remorse for his vicious attack, calling the victim a 'wimp' and verbally abusing him as he was lying in agony on the pitch." |
| She said the arrest and prosecution showed "aggression and thuggery" during sporting fixtures will not be tolerated. | She said the arrest and prosecution showed "aggression and thuggery" during sporting fixtures will not be tolerated. |