Having survived a brutal beating, one fan is determined to draw attention to Italian police violence. Matthew Barker explains

On September 24, 2005, Brescia fan Paolo Scaroni was among a group of supporters gathered at Verona’s Porta Nuova train station, preparing to make their way home after a game against the local team, Hellas. Before getting on board, Scaroni went to a nearby McDonald’s to buy a few bottles of water for him and his friends. As he ran back up the steps to the platform he was attacked by a group of eight riot police officers. The beating was so severe that he fell into a coma. It took 20 minutes for medical staff to arrive on the scene then he was operated on at a local hospital.

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Pile of broken players too many to count , suitable for a repairer or restore , in various states of disrepair , some just broken from bases others missing an arm or a leg or both or head , some broken from fixing lugds , some just cracked ankles, etc , various weights both light and heavy , even an odd flat player , I will not throw out any broken subbuteo if it can be of use to anybody. NO BASE INCLUDED
IN THIS LOT(well just an odd one with a glued player on it). NO RETURNS ON THIS ITEM AS IT IS STATED TO BE FAULTY.

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