Street Fighter at Summit Given 4-Year Sentence
A 25-year-old Swede was sentenced to four years in prison for rioting during the European Union summit in Goteborg--the harshest penalty in a series of trials stemming from the protests.
Jonathan Pye was found guilty of participating on two occasions in the street fighting that broke out during the June 14-16 EU meetings, court clerk Ann-Christine Ekelund said.
Pye, who pleaded innocent, also played a leading role in violence that included throwing stones at police and smashing store windows, the Goteborg district court ruled.
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