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An Italian man, who attacked the referee at Liszt Ferenc International Airport after the Europa League football final with his companions, was fined 500,000 HUF for assault, the Metropolitan Court of Budapest announced on Monday, according to MTI.
According to a statement, the Budapest Court announced the verdict in the criminal case of the Italian citizen on Friday.
The man was at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport on Thursday evening at around 7:30 p.m., together with several of his compatriots. At the same time, the referee of the cup final was there with his family, and was recognized by several people, who then angrily called him to account for his refereeing.
As tempers flared, the referee and his family were evacuated from the venue by Airport Police officers, they said.
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According to the verdict, a heated exchange of words continued between those who remained at the scene, during which the accused splashed water at others, made a kicking gesture towards a man and then threw a chair. The thrown chair was “knocked out of the air” by a police officer of the Airport Police Department in order not to injure anyone.
No one was injured in the conflict, but the Italian man’s defiantly anti-social, violent behavior was capable of causing offense and alarm in others, they said.
The Metropolitan Court said that the man, who was tried in an accelerated procedure, admitted his guilt and waived his right to trial, according to the indictment.
The court accepted the confession and pronounced a verdict: in accordance with the prosecutor’s indictment, the man was found guilty of the misdemeanor of hooliganism, and therefore sentenced to a fine of 500,000 forints.
In imposing the sentence, the court considered as mitigating circumstances the cooperation of the accused with the authorities, his confession, his serious illness, and the fact that he was looking after a minor child.
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