Fan who racially abused player gets three-year ban

A shot instrumentality who racially abused non-league striker Chris Wreh has been banned from attending matches for 3 years.

Harry Dunbar, from Fareham, Hampshire, admitted to sending Wreh a racist nonstop connection from an anonymous Instagram relationship pursuing Tamworth's FA Cup third-round decision by Tottenham Hotspur connected 12 January.

The 20-year-old protagonist was aboriginal recovered to beryllium down the societal media relationship by integer investigators and subsequently prosecuted.

Dunbar claimed helium had sent the connection to Wreh successful a infinitesimal of choler aft losing a stake connected the match, which Tottenham won 3-0.

The 28-year-old refused to play for National League broadside Tamworth pursuing the incident. He wrote connected X, external 2 days aft the crippled that helium was supported by manager Andy Peaks but was "disappointed" the nine did not marque a nationalist connection condemning the maltreatment helium had suffered.

Wreh, who is the lad of erstwhile Arsenal subordinate Christopher Wreh, moved to Scunthorpe United connected indebtedness successful February earlier signing permanently for National League South broadside Maidenhead United a period later.

Senior crown authoritative Gavin Sumpter said: "Harry Dunbar mislaid a elemental bet, and successful a infinitesimal of anger, chose to interruption the law.

"Dunbar's actions successful personally targeting Mr Wreh with specified vile and hateful connection whilst hiding down an anonymous relationship were inexcusable and had a important interaction connected the victim.

"We anticipation that this lawsuit makes it wide to like-minded individuals that specified behaviour volition not beryllium tolerated.

"Individuals who enactment successful this mode tin expect to beryllium investigated and wherever determination is capable grounds prosecuted and banned from attending games."

The FA said: " We anticipation that this ruling sends a wide connection that incidents of favoritism - whether successful idiosyncratic oregon online - volition not beryllium tolerated, and that beardown enactment volition beryllium taken against perpetrators of this unacceptable behaviour."

Dunbar was besides fixed a 12-month assemblage bid and instructed to bash 200 hours of unpaid work, accrued from 150 hours owed to the radical element, the Crown Prosecution Service said.

He was besides ordered to be 10 rehabilitation days and wage costs of £85.