Four Man United fans receive jail sentence in Rome

ROME, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Four Manchester United fans were sentenced in Rome on Friday up to 29 months for violence that preceded a Champions League game with AS Roma earlier this month, the ANSA news agency reported.

According to public prosecutor Katia Summaria, the fans were part of a 70-strong band of hooligans that English police warned their Italian counterparts about before the game. Armed with rocks and other harmful objects, the group confronted Roma fans outside the stadium.

Two of the fans received jail sentences of 28 months for resisting police, ANSA said. The other two were sentenced for an extra month because they were also accused of damaging public property, according to ANSA.