Man who mocked death of six-year-old Bradley Lowery pleads guilty to public order offence

Dale Houghton, 31, admitted a public order offence at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court following an incident at Sheffield Wednesday’s clash with Sunderland on Friday

Sunderland fan Bradley captured the nation’s heart during his battle with neuroblastoma, but succumbed to the illness aged six in 2017 The actions of a football supporter who mocked the death of mascot Bradley Lowery during a match against his favourite team were “utterly deplorable”, a judge has said.Pictures circulated on X, showing two men laughing at Wednesday’s Hillsborough Stadium, with one of them – Houghton – holding up a picture of Bradley to the camera.

District Judge James Gould told him “your actions are utterly deplorable” and that all sentence options were open, including a prison sentence. He was a mascot for his beloved club and, in the months before his death, led England out at Wembley alongside former Black Cats striker Jermain Defoe. The supporters behind the page said they want to raise the money for the Bradley Lowery Foundation “to show our support and stand up against this type of behaviour in football”.

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