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| Fan loses riot extradition fight | Fan loses riot extradition fight |
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| An England football fan has lost his fight to avoid being extradited to serve a jail term for his involvement in a riot during Euro 2004. | An England football fan has lost his fight to avoid being extradited to serve a jail term for his involvement in a riot during Euro 2004. |
| Garry Mann, 52, of Faversham, Kent, was given a two-year term for his role in a riot in Albufeira during Euro 2004. | Garry Mann, 52, of Faversham, Kent, was given a two-year term for his role in a riot in Albufeira during Euro 2004. |
| He had his appeal against extradition to Portugal rejected by the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday. | He had his appeal against extradition to Portugal rejected by the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday. |
| Portugal is seeking his extradition because Mann did not serve his sentence in the UK after deportation. | Portugal is seeking his extradition because Mann did not serve his sentence in the UK after deportation. |
| Lawyers for Mann had applied for a rule 39 stay on the extradition to prevent him having to return to Portugal to serve a two-year prison term. | Lawyers for Mann had applied for a rule 39 stay on the extradition to prevent him having to return to Portugal to serve a two-year prison term. |
| He was found guilty of rioting in Albufeira on the Algarve during Euro 2004 football and deported but was not made to serve the sentence in the UK. | He was found guilty of rioting in Albufeira on the Algarve during Euro 2004 football and deported but was not made to serve the sentence in the UK. |
| His lawyers claimed he underwent a fast-track procedure which produced an unfair trial. | His lawyers claimed he underwent a fast-track procedure which produced an unfair trial. |
| A British police officer descried his trial in Albufeira as a "farce". | |
| Mann could be extradited as early as Wednesday. | Mann could be extradited as early as Wednesday. |