With penalty three-year ban from every stadium in the countryfour months suspended sentence and ban on leaving the country for watching any football event the fan who had sent messages with racist characterizations to the Brentford striker, Ivan Tony.
In Great Britain there is talk of a historic decision, as it is the first to be taken under legislation that was passed in 2022 with the aim of toughening the penalties around incidents of racism and to set the context even when these concern the social media.
Specifically, 25-year-old Antonio Neil, who said he regretted his actions, had sent a personal message to Tony’s Instagram after Brighton’s 2-0 defeat by Bradford. The English forward of the London team, published the next day a screenshot depicting the racist characterization towards his face with the comment: “I wasn’t going to post it, but I woke up angry.”
Brentford: ‘Punishment-station, for anyone who commits racist hate crimes’
A landmark decision is also referred to by Bradford which now emphasizes the existence of due process, while pointing out that even more consistency will be needed so that such phenomena disappear.
“Brentford is delighted to see the Antonio Nail case resolved and the police reach a final conviction.
The court’s decision sets a strong precedent around cases involving similar racist hate crimes. We hope that the convictions will multiply in order to completely eliminate similar phenomena.
Ivan Tony is a victim of racist incidents on a daily basis and we want to take strict action against anyone found guilty of such attacks.”
Editor: Babis Lessis
Source: Sport Fm
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