ian1964 10,720 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Two men have become the first football supporters in Scotland to be convicted and sentenced under new offensive behaviour at football legislation. Andrew Whitson, 28, and Paul Swan, 39, both from East Lothian, admitted singing racially-offensive songs on a train from Ayr to Glasgow on Saturday. Whitson was fined £180 and Swan £200. They were also given a one-year football banning order. The Offensive Behaviour at Football Bill came into force on 1 March 2012. Guilty pleas Whitson and and Swan were returning from the Ayr v Hibs Scottish Cup quarter final match on the 18:13 train when they committed the offence. They were arrested after officers from British Transport Police (BTP) observed them singing songs of a racially derogative nature. Whitson, from Longniddry, and Swan, from Tranent, pleaded guilty when they appeared from custody at Glasgow Sheriff Court. From BBC site That's your mate Johnny & Frankie :grin: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dutchy Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Wow wee, so these are the first. I'm sure there were laws existing all along to punish people like this, but lets jump on football supporters backs. Obviously, the police were doing nothing to stop this before, even though laws exsisted, but because it's a new law, it gets all this high profile media attention. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Two men have become the first football supporters in Scotland to be convicted and sentenced under new offensive behaviour at football legislation. Andrew Whitson, 28, and Paul Swan, 39, both from East Lothian, admitted singing racially-offensive songs on a train from Ayr to Glasgow on Saturday. Whitson was fined £180 and Swan £200. They were also given a one-year football banning order. The Offensive Behaviour at Football Bill came into force on 1 March 2012. Guilty pleas Whitson and and Swan were returning from the Ayr v Hibs Scottish Cup quarter final match on the 18:13 train when they committed the offence. They were arrested after officers from British Transport Police (BTP) observed them singing songs of a racially derogative nature. Whitson, from Longniddry, and Swan, from Tranent, pleaded guilty when they appeared from custody at Glasgow Sheriff Court. From BBC site That's your mate Johnny & Frankie :grin: He supports Hearts and also thinks he is a HIBS casual and him and his brother like Celtic as they are staunch Catholics he should be locked up for life 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,720 Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/roundup/articles/2012/03/15/425476-county-men-first-to-break-football-bigotry-law/ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 He supports Hearts and also thinks he is a HIBS casual and him and his brother like Celtic as they are staunch Catholics he should be locked up for life This conviction is the least of his worries then. A Hearts supporting Hibs casual who also supports Celtic. He is a messed up guy, needs to see a shrink.... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dutchy Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/roundup/articles/2012/03/15/425476-county-men-first-to-break-football-bigotry-law/ You're a bugger you with checking out paper articles. I read that and was going to post it, but I was beaten to the cut. Bloody anorak!!!! lol 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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