Two Russian men jailed over Euro 2016 attack on England fan

Deputy Chief Constable Mark Roberts believes justice has been done after two Russian hooligans were jailed for attacking a British man in Marseille during Euro 2016.

Pavel Kosov was sentenced to 10 years in prison, while Mikhail Ivkin was ordered to serve three years behind bars for attacking Andrew Bache and leaving him permanently disabled during riots in the French city of Marseille.

They were convicted of "gang violence with weapons, leading to permanent infirmity" for the attack on Bache.

The 55-year-old, from Portsmouth, was left in a coma after receiving three or four blows to the head in June 2016 and Roberts hopes the sentences will provide a small consolation for the victim's family.

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"We were really pleased with the sentences. I think the violence that was rendered on a number of British nationals in Marseille, and in particular Andrew Bache, was really severe," Deputy Chief Constable Roberts, the UK's head of football policing, said.

"It was orchestrated, it was planned and I think the sentences reflect that level of violence.

"The investigation team have liaised with the family. He has been left with consequences that will last a lifetime for him.

"It can never put right what was done in Marseille but we hope it gives them some consolation that UK policing was committed to bring people to justice."

The Spartak Moscow supporters have been held in a French prison since March 2018 after they were arrested in Germany en route to watching Spartak play in Spain.

The pair will also be banned from returning to France after they serve their sentences.

Mr Bache's son Harry represented him in court to face his father's attackers.

His lawyer Olivier Rosato said the assault left Mr Bache severely disabled and unable to return for the court case.

"It's a decision that satisfies the family. They wanted Kosov's sentence to be severe because he was the first to punch Andrew, and from behind, causing him to smash his head on the ground, which was granite," Mr Rosato said on Monday.

The riots in Marseille's Old Port district lasted for several days - both before and after England's match against Russia.

Riot police fired tear gas and water cannon as the unrest broke out.

The British police commander on duty in Marseille at the time previously told Sky News there were 100 English fans he described as "walking wounded" during the violence.

Thirty of them were taken to hospital and five were feared fatally wounded.