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If you're idiotic enough to assault a fan of a rival club, the chances are that you rarely see the funny side of football.

Luckily, someone else might. Someone like German judge Karin Jung, who's just handed down a very unusual sentence to two football hooligans.

The pair of miscreants, both 1860 Munich fans, attacked a Bayern Munich supporter last year - ripping off his jacket, shirt and hat. Taken to court, they came face to face with a judge who had a clever punishment in mind.

With their victim's consent, Jung ordered that the two buy several hundred pounds worth of Bayern merchandise and publicly hand it over to him in court - or face 15 months in jail.

The 1860 fans opted to buy the merch.

Jung told Bild newspaper: "I thought about what would be really painful to them, and doing something like this really bothers this type of people". We imagine it was both painful and humbling for the culprits, who'll surely be reminded of their trip to the Bayern club store forevermore.

This was an altogether genius punishment.

Well played, Karin. We very much approve.

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