Spectator Banned From Anfield
A spectator caught chanting racist abuse during this season's home match against Manchester United has been given a three-year football banning order.
Jonathan McInally, from Back Lane in Little Crosby, was arrested following an undercover police operation during the game on March 3.
The sting, in which a plain-clothes officer was positioned in the Anfield Road Stand, was mounted after a complaint from a fellow spectator.
McInally was hauled before North Liverpool Community Justice Courts last week, where he pleaded guilty to racist chanting.
As well as an order banning him from all football stadia, the 25-year-old was fined £200.
A spokesperson for Merseyside Police said: "We take this type of behaviour very seriously. We will not tolerate any type of racist chanting.
"Just because someone is at a football match, it does not mean that they can behave as they like. We will not stand for any racist behaviour."
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Just goes to show that even on your own doorstep there are mindless bigots. Good to see LFC publishing the story on the website and not trying to sweep it under the carpet. Hopefully this example will serve as a warning to other idiots and make them think twice before expressing their nonsense right wing views.