Dad caged for dragging female football steward in 'worst violence in a decade'

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violence in a decade" has been jailed.Ben Smith, 33, pulled the woman into the seating area where fellow Birmingham City away fans brutally kicked her.The Sainsbury's worker climbed over rows of seats to stop her shielding her colleagues after Leeds United's 1-0 victory at the EFL Championship match.Leeds Crown Court had heard how one of the team's fans sparked the "worst violence in a decade" at the stadium by running onto the pitch on October 19 last year.Smith, of Daventry, Northamptonshire, was jailed for seven months on Monday after pleading guilty to violent disorder, LeedsLive reports.He was one of 26 men and two youths charged with violent disorder following a series of public appeals for information.The court was shown CCTV footage.