FOOTBALL FAN GARRY MANN ‘DEVASTATED’ TO LOSE EXTRADITION BATTLE

Garry Mann and family

THE INDEPENDENT - JOHN ASTON

England football fan Garry Mann was left "devastated" today as he lost his final legal battle against extradition to Portugal, where he faces a two-year jail sentence.

The former Kent firefighter, 52, was convicted over a riot during the Euro 2004 tournament but says he never received a fair trial.

Today his lawyers attempted to launch a last-ditch High Court bid for judicial review - the latest in a long series of legal challenges to halt his removal to Portugal .

Edward Fitzgerald QC, appearing for Mann, argued there was new evidence from the Foreign Office to support Mann's case, and allowing extradition to proceed would violate his human rights.

But Lord Justice Laws and Mr Justice Irwin ruled his application for judicial review "unarguable".

Jago Russell, chief executive of Fair Trials International, which has backed Mann's battle, said: "It really is the end of the road."