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Four Chelsea fans get suspended jail terms for Paris Metro incident

Four Chelsea fans have been given suspended prison sentences after being found guilty of aggravated violence against a black man at a Paris Metro station.

The men were ordered to face a hearing in France following the incident that occurred prior to Chelsea's Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain in February 2015.

It is reported that all four were given suspended custodial terms of between six and 12 months and ordered to pay €10,000 to the victim.

A number of supporters can be heard chanting "we're racist, we're racist, and that's the way we like it" in the video.

Sylla's solicitor, Jim Michel-Gabriel, told the court that the crime was the definition of "hatred and unashamed racism", according to The Guardian.

"These people don't represent football, these people represent hatred and racism," he said of the perpetrators.