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Liverpool fans cheer on their team as they lead 3-0 during the UEFA Champions League first leg semi-final football match between Liverpool and Roma at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, north-west England on April 24, 2018. Oli SCARFF / AFP

 

An Italian football fan was cleared on Thursday of inflicting grievous bodily harm on a Liverpool supporter in an attack before a Champions League tie between Roma and Liverpool in May.

Filippo Lombardi, 21, was found not guilty at Preston Crown Court of the assault on Sean Cox, an Irish national who the judge said suffered “catastrophic injuries” from the attack.

Lombardi will still be sentenced later for a charge of violent disorder which he admitted before the trial began last week.

“Football has been described as the beautiful game but the terrible events that took place outside Anfield stadium when Sean Cox was assaulted and suffered catastrophic injuries, surely have blighted its reputation,” Judge Mark Brown said.

Cox suffered a…



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