More football hooligans jailed over train rampage
10:53, 25 April 2008
TWO more football hooligans have been jailed for their part in a violent rampage on a train in Sydenham.
Postal worker Nicholas McGinty, 24, and bank manager Adam Henry, 29, were in a group of thugs who carried out random attacks on passengers – described as “mob conduct at its worst”.
One 24-year-old Charlton fan had his nose broken while other passengers – including women, children and the elderly – were head-butted, punched and abused.
Now McGinty, of Laurel Grove, Sydenham, and Henry, of Alfristan Close, Dartford, have both been locked up for two years after admitting violent disorder.
They were also given six-year football banning orders – stopping them from going to any football match in England and Wales.
Passing sentence at Southwark Crown Court, Judge Stephen Robbins said the group gave football a “thoroughly bad name”.
The men wreaked havoc after boarding a train at Sydenham at about 2.20pm on September 1, last year.
The carriage contained Charlton supporters on their way to a game at Crystal Palace as well as unsuspecting members of the public.
Eight other men were jailed for between 24 months and 40 months in March for their part in the same disorder – described in court as “mob conduct at its worst”.
Det Insp Keith Bennett, from British Transport Police, said football hooligans were not welcome on the railway.
He said: “Law-abiding members of the public have the right to travel without fear of encountering drunken-disorderly and downright thuggish behaviour.
“These individuals have shown that they can’t behave when it comes to football-related activity and as a result they will now suffer the consequences of their actions.”
All 10 men have been given football banning orders. They are also not allowed to use trains where England or Crystal Palace are playing, be within 2,000m of any stadium where Crystal Palace are playing, or enter Croydon pubs when Crystal Place play at home.
Seven more men are due before the courts later in the year in relation to the incident.
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