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FRANCE: MARSEILLE: 3 ENGLISH SOCCER FANS SENTENCED TO JAIL

(17 Jun 1998) Eng/French/Nat Three English soccer fans were given jail sentences by a Marseille court on Tuesday. They were sentenced for taking part in violence sparked by Monday's World Cup game between England and Tunisia. The judge who passed the sentences, said two of the men were on a list of dangerous football hooligans held by British police. A total of six men have now been sentenced for starting the trouble. Four other Englishmen were remanded in custody at Tuesday's hearing. A late sitting was held at the Palais de Justice courthouse in the French city of Marseille on Tuesday, for 12 people arrested during the violence. The mayhem erupted when England played Tunisia in the World Cup on Monday. The court session had to comply with French law, which states that a court hearing must take place within 48 hours of arrest. Two of the men who appeared before the court - 31 year-old Mark Thomson, a railworker, and 26-year-old tiler Ian Matthew, were handed four-month sentences and were banned from visiting France for two years. The judge who passed the sentences said both men were on a list of dangerous football hooligans held by British police. The pair confessed to throwing bottles at police in Marseille's Old Port on Sunday evening. A third man, Paul Grover, a postman also aged 31, was jailed for two months and may not return to France for one year for his part in the violence A total of six men have now been sentenced for starting the trouble. Four other Englishmen were remanded in custody at Tuesday's hearing until a further hearing on July 15. They will face a whole array of charges resulting from the violent scenes which took place in Marseille both before and after the England-Tunisia match. Drunken England fans clashed with police, Tunisia supporters and local youths at various points throughout the city in two days of violence which left more than 50 injured. In Paris on Monday, Michel Platini, the joint head of the World Cup organising committee, addressed the daily news briefing at the Porte de Versailles to give the official response to the worst day of violence in this World Cup. He condemned the actions of the hooligans. SOUNDBITE: (French) It was planned and organised and it has nothing to do with football. I'd like to tell thousands of English fans who are here and like football that they are welcome in France whilst the others have nothing to do here and all the measures will be taken to make sure they leave. SUPER CAPTION: Michel Platini, co-chairman World Cup organising committee Jacques Lambert, director general of the World Cup organising committee, said strong measures would be taken to make sure there would not be a repeat of the violence seen in Marseille. SOUNDBITE: (French) It's obvious that for the next two England games in Toulouse and in Lens we'll be taking special attention and there will be stronger policing. The prefects in charge of security in both places have already asked for more police - but the behaviour of a few hundred people is not going to mean increased security at all the stadiums, and we certainly don't want to transform them into impregnable bunkers. SUPER CAPTION: Jacques Lambert, Director General of the CFO A spokesman for FIFA - world football's governing body - emphasised that more measures would be taken to prevent any further clashes. SOUNDBITE: (English) SUPER CAPTION: FIFA spokesman Keith Cooper Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...