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Four men charged with hate crimes over an incident that took place in Madrid in 2016 accepted a three-month prison term and will pay €1,500 in damages to each of the women they humiliated as they partied ahead of a Champions League soccer match in the Spanish capital.
All four were fans of the Dutch club PSV Eindhoven, and had traveled to Madrid to watch their team play against Atlético de Madrid on March 15, 2016. On Wednesday, a Madrid court tried them for humiliating four Roma women who were begging in Plaza Mayor.
A video made by two students at the UAM-EL PAÍS journalism school showed the women picking up coins that had been thrown onto the ground by the Eindhoven fans, and being goaded into doing push-ups in exchange for money.
Racism in Spain: Dutch soccer fans told to pay €1,500 to Roma women they humiliated in Madrid | News | EL PAIS in English
It took four years for these Dutch fans to be brought to justice but they are not laughing now.
All four were fans of the Dutch club PSV Eindhoven, and had traveled to Madrid to watch their team play against Atlético de Madrid on March 15, 2016. On Wednesday, a Madrid court tried them for humiliating four Roma women who were begging in Plaza Mayor.
A video made by two students at the UAM-EL PAÍS journalism school showed the women picking up coins that had been thrown onto the ground by the Eindhoven fans, and being goaded into doing push-ups in exchange for money.
Racism in Spain: Dutch soccer fans told to pay €1,500 to Roma women they humiliated in Madrid | News | EL PAIS in English
It took four years for these Dutch fans to be brought to justice but they are not laughing now.