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Farsley football hooligan jailed
A Farsley football hooligan wanted over trouble at a Leeds United v Millwall clash two years ago, was finally snared after attending court with a friend who had committed a similar crime.
Garry Holt, 42, of Select Courts, Farsley, was spotted by a police officer when he went to Leeds Crown Court to support a friend who was prosecuted for a similar football offence this April.
Holt was arrested and has now been jailed for 12 weeks and hit with a football banning order for six years after admitting affray.
The YEP understands Holt is the last to be prosecuted in relation to the trouble which flared on October 27, 2007.
Other defendants have been prosecuted, landing sentences of between four months and 12 months on guilty pleas.
Leeds Crown Court heard Holt was told to leave the stadium after becoming involved in a fracas where another supporter pushed a steward.
The court heard he was led outside where trouble had flared between supporters and police.
Police dog handlers and horses were drafted in as a gang of more than 100 people gathered.
For the prosecution, Alisha Kaye said: "This defendant is at the front shouting 'come on' to officers. He's shoving forward with the people towards officers.
"Officers described him as being part of a hardcore of fans. Missiles were thrown but the defendant did not throw anything."
The court heard Holt had been a Leeds United fan for 20 years and had never been involved in any football-related violence before. He said he lost his temper as a police cordon blocked his way and said he did not want to get involved in any confrontation with Millwall fans.
Holt, a dad-of-two, has previous convictions for violence and at the time was the subject of a suspended prison sentence made seven weeks earlier for racially aggravated assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
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