Court sentences hooligans for massive Old Town brawl

Four Dutchmen and three Poles who took part in fighting in the centre of Bratislava last week have been sentenced to six months in prison, after which they will be banned from entering Slovakia for three years, Bratislava Regional Court spokesman Pavol Adamčiak stated on Sunday. As the seven didn't contest the ruling issued by Bratislava I District Court, the verdicts are final and valid, he added. The seven hooligans will now be placed in a minimum-security prison. They will be eligible to apply for parole after serving three months of their sentences. On the evening of Wednesday 10 July, dozens of football fans of the teams from Krakow, Amsterdam and Sofia, Bulgaria engaged in a mass brawl on Ventúrska Street in the centre of Bratislava. The police detained 107 individuals at the scene: 51 Bulgarians, 41 Poles and 15 Dutchmen. Seventeen people suffered injuries.