A Sheffield Wednesday fan was sentenced to a community order after posting offensive social media messages referencing the Hillsborough disaster following the death of a West Bromwich Albion fan during a match. The fan expressed remorse for the upset and anger caused by his words, which were deemed derogatory and disrespectful to both West Brom and Liverpool fans.
Football supporter sorry for ‘upset and anger’ caused by Hillsborough post after West Bromwich Albion fan diedA football supporter who posted offensive social media messages referencing the Hillsborough disaster, in the wake of the death offan Mark Townsend during a match, has told a court he wanted to apologise for the “upset and anger” he has caused.fan Crisp, 55, appeared at the city’s magistrates’ court on Monday, where he was sentenced to a 12-month community order.
She said the letter acknowledged that what he had written on X was “derogatory, hurtful, distressing and disrespectful” to fans of both West Brom and Liverpool football clubs. Mark Hughes, prosecuting, told magistrates the police became involved after the manager of Hillsborough Golf Club, where Crisp was a member for 19 years, became concerned, especially after someone with a Liverpool accent had called threatening to “burn the clubhouse down”.Crisp, of Lennox Road, Hillsborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, admitted a charge of sending communications of an indecent or offensive nature.
Chair of the bench Jayne Revill said this was “disaster-related abuse” which affected a “number of individuals”.
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