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A bouncer has admitted stamping on a German football fan which left him fighting for life with multiple skull fractures.
Ryan Lacey, 23, became embroiled in a mass brawl after Eintracht Frankfurt supporters travelled to Liverpool in November to "participate in violence".
After initially trying to defend a colleague, Lacey was filmed “body-slamming” Damion Tucker, who was mistaken for one of the German group, before stamping on the head of Jan Richter-Gemer.
Liverpool Crown Court heard Mr Richter-Gemer, 25, spent weeks in Aintree hospital where he required intensive treatment for multiple skull fractures and bleeds on the brain – including a tracheotomy to help him breathe.
He also required dialysis after suffering kidney failure.