A young person was sentenced to 6 weeks in jail on Wednesday for racially abusing England soccer participant Marcus Rashford on social media final yr after the European Championship closing.
Justin Lee Price, who is nineteen, focused Rashford with abuse on Twitter after the Manchester United participant missed a penalty within the shootout received by Italy at Wembley Stadium in July.
Price beforehand admitted to 1 depend of sending a grossly offensive message by the general public communication community at a listening to at Worcester Magistrates’ Court on March 17.
Price initially tried to keep away from detection by altering his Twitter username after the put up was reported, British prosecutors stated. He then denied the offense in his first police interview following his arrest, however later admitted to posting the tweet when he was questioned by officers a second time.
He was sentenced at Kidderminster Magistrates’ Court in Worcester.
“Price targeted a footballer based on the color of his skin and his action was clearly racist and a hate crime,” stated Mark Johnson of the Crown Prosecution Service. “Those who racially abuse footballers smash the sport for all. I hope this case sends out the message that we are going to not tolerate racism and offenders will probably be prosecuted to the complete extent of the regulation.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
