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Abuse case fan walks free
A Rangers fan who shouted sectarian abuse during a Scottish Cup tie with Dunfermline has been cleared of committing an offence because nobody was upset by his remark.John Dryburgh from Glasgow, stood up and yelled “You Fenian bastard!” as his team trailed the Pars by two goals with just 30 minutes of the third round match gone.
Sheriff Ian Dunbar ruled he had not committed a breach of the peace because there was no evidence to suggest that anyone had been upset by what he said.
Dryburgh was sitting in a stand full of Rangers supporters and there was no evidence he had upset anyone.
“I do not accept an offence has been committed,” the Sheriff said. “But that does not mean that to use such words would not be an offence under a different set of circumstances.”
Full story at Dundee Courier.
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