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LONDON, Nov 5 — A Chelsea fan who posted anti-Semitic and racist tweets aimed at fans of rival club Tottenham — including photos of Auschwitz and a man doing a Nazi salute — was today jailed for eight weeks. Nathan Blagg, 21, who told police the tweets were “banter between mates”, pleaded...

LONDON, Nov 5 — A Chelsea fan who posted anti-Semitic and racist tweets aimed at fans of rival club Tottenham — including photos of Auschwitz and a man doing a Nazi salute — was today jailed for eight weeks.

District Judge Michael Hamilton told Blagg only immediate custody would be a suitable punishment for the “abhorrent and grossly offensive” tweets. Prosecutor David Roberts said the tweets about the Tottenham side were more offensive in the context of “a history of association with the Jewish community”.

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