GARRY MANN LOSES FIGHT AGAINST EXTRADITION

THE TIMES - JOANNA SUGDEN

An England football fan lost his fight against extradition today and could be sent to serve two years in a Portugese jail as early as tomorrow.

Garry Mann, 52, had appealed to human rights judges to block his removal, nearly six years after being tried and convicted for inciting a riot in Albufeira at the Euro 2004 tournament.

He said he could not understand the procedings of the trial and had only been allowed five minutes with his lawyer before going in to court.

But the European Court of Human Rights rejected his application to halt the extradition pending a full hearing into whether his human rights had been breached by the trial and conviction.

Jago Russell, chief executive of Fair Trials International, a campaign group supporting Mr Mann, said: “Garry Mann could be on a flight as soon as tomorrow, sent to serve two years in a Portuguese jail after what is widely recognised as a grossly unfair trial.

“It is a travesty of justice that the British courts, the government and now the European Court of Human Rights, appear happy to sit back and let this happen.”