English court frees eight football fans on bail

Eight England fans kicked out of Portugal for rioting have been bailed after turning up at court to face football banning orders…

Eight England fans kicked out of Portugal for rioting have been bailed after turning up at court to face football banning orders.

The men, aged between 19 and 37, did not appear in court, but were served their bail papers in the waiting room at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court in West London.

All eight were remanded on conditional bail. They were ordered to surrender their passports and not to leave Britain until they return to the same court for a hearing on July 28th.

None of them were represented by solicitors at court today.

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They will all now be seeking legal advice and will be contesting the banning orders, police officers dealing with the case said.

They were among ten supporters who arrived back in Britain last night after being arrested when fans clashed with local police late on Monday night in the resort of Albufeira.

PA