A football fan who stabbed a stag-do reveller after being told he was blocking the view of an England match during the Euros has been jailed for nine years.
Plumb Hysa, 30, brutally knifed the 59-year-old man despite earlier hugging the victim as they celebrated the Three Lions’ quarter final win against Ukraine.
Hysa, of Bootle, Merseyside, later pleaded guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon.
He was jailed for nine years at Chester Crown Court on Thursday.
Plumb Hysa, 30, brutally knifed a 59-year-old man despite earlier hugging the victim as they celebrated the England's Euro 2020 quarter final win against Ukraine. The Albanian national sports two black eyes in his police mugshot after he was punched by the victim's friend during his arrest
The Albanian national had been asked to stop blocking the TV during the game as supporters gathered at the Mill Hotel, in Chester on July 3.
A court heard he agreed and everything seemed friendly with Hysa even going over to hug and take selfies with the victim as they cheered England’s four goals.
But during the match the thug armed himself with a steak knife which he put under his baseball cap before transferring it to the waistband of his trousers.
The victim then draped an England flag over Hysa and they were seen laughing together as they went to the toilet with their arms around each other.
But once at the urinals the 'atmosphere changed' before it 'kicked off out of nowhere' and Hysa 'ferociously' stabbed his victim three times.
The man required urgent surgery after one of the wounds pierced the small bowel and caused internal bleeding, while one wound narrowly missed his heart.
Hysa and the 59-year-old victim had been watching England play Ukraine in the Euro 2020 quarter-final at the Mill Hotel, in Chester. During the match, Hysa armed himself with a knife after the victim asked him to stop blocking the TV, and stabbed his victim three times in the toilets
In his police mug shot released after the case Hysa can be seen sporting two
