Man sentenced to 10-months in jail for killing rival club fan

An Appeal court in Sweden has sentenced a football fan to jail for causing the death of a supporter of a rival fan.

The 29-year-old Helsingborg fan was found guilty of causing the death of a supporter of Djurgarden, a rival club during a flight before a league game last year.

The game between Helsingborg and Djurgarden was called off in the 41st minute with the score 1-1 after word spread that a 26-year-old fan died.

The Helsingborg fan will now spend 10 months in prison after the Scania and Blekinge Court of Appeal found him guilty of "assault and involuntary manslaughter".

The verdict was passed on Monday, March 23n Monday after the court studied audio and video recordings of the fight during a game in March 2014.