Nightclub thug that glassed and blinded ex-Leeds Rhinos player Matthew Syron receives 15-year sentence

A MAN has been given a custodial sentence of 10 years and eight months, with an extended five years' licence period, after smashing a bottle in the face and eyes of former Leeds Rhinos academy player Matthew Syron. Gareth Dean, 37, smashed a bottle in the face of Syron while in Leeds city centre bar, Revolucion de Cuba, on 27 December. Dean a

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