Roma fan Filippo Lombardi found not guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm on Liverpool supporter Sean Cox
Written by News on 18/10/2018
Roma supporter Filippo Lombardi has been found not guilty at Preston Crown Court of inflicting grievous bodily harm on Liverpool fan Sean Cox.
Cox suffered “catastrophic injuries” when he was assaulted outside Anfield before the Champions League semi-final against Roma on April 24.
A jury of six men and six women found Lombardi, 21, not guilty by a majority verdict after deliberating for just under nine hours.
About half a dozen members of Cox’s family, including his wife Martina, sat in the public gallery at Preston Crown Court as the verdict was announced.
Three members of Lombardi’s family were also in court.
He will be sentenced for a separate charge of violent disorder, which he admitted before the trial.
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