A 32-year-old man has admitted posting racist tweets about Liverpool FC striker Mo Salah.
footballer praying to Mecca at half time and posted a picture of him with a suicide vest superimposed on his body, the Crown Prosecution Service said.Hyland, reportedly anThe court heard how he told officers: ‘I know I’ll get charged. it was me.’
He pleaded guilty to racially/religiously aggravated intentional harassment and obstructing an officer in the execution of his duty at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on today.Hyland tried to stop police from finding his phone, which was hidden under a cushion on his sofa.As he was taken away to Wirral custody suite, he threatened to spit and kick at police officers,
Sophie Leyland, of Mersey Cheshire Crown Prosecution Service, said: ‘Hyland admitted his guilt at an early stage and in comments to officers on arrest.‘But these sorts of remarks fuel racial hatred and are extremely offensive to people from the race or religion that they are aimed at.’
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