Football fan jailed over assault
A Leicester City football fan who assaulted train passengers when they asked him to tone down his language has been jailed for five months.
Craig Haldane, 43, of Woodleigh Place, Corby, Northants, pleaded guilty to actual bodily harm and common assault.
A couple from Leicester, aged 60 and 68, were attacked by Haldane as he returned from a football match on a St Pancras to Sheffield train in March.
Corby Magistrates banned Haldane from Leicester City's matches for six years.
The Leicester City supporter was returning from an away game with Crystal Palace and was in a group of Sheffield Wednesday and Leicester City supporters travelling in one of the coaches at about 2025 GMT on Saturday, 10 March.
Hearing aid broken
The group were singing and shouting and the 60-year-old woman asked Haldane if he and the group would mind their language.
Haldane then became aggressive and abusive towards her, and when her 68-year-old husband protested, he was punched in the head several times.
It left him severely bruised and his hearing aid was damaged.
Other passengers then pulled Haldane away from the couple.
The assault was captured on CCTV footage which was used by British Transport Police.
Following the sentencing, Det Sgt Bill Henry, of British Transport Police, said: "What I'm happy about is that as a police service we obtained the best possible evidence that we could, we presented it to the court and that's given them the opportunity to impose the sentence that they feel is appropriate."
what a nob
Doubt it if he's from Corby. More likely to be a knob.
disgusting what a complete wanke!!!Erm, I used to work with his brother, he was alright (altho not a City fan), never met the offender though & don't ever want to if that's his mentality
For an incident on a train? How can they do that, surely that infringes his human rights?bbc said:Corby Magistrates banned Haldane from Leicester City's matches for six years.
For an incident on a train? How can they do that, surely that infringes his human rights?
If he'd been carrying a rucksack and looked a bit foreign stevie baby would be campaigning to get the guy knighted....
How foreign looking does someone have to be before they become a candidate for being wrongly summarily executed?
For an incident on a train? How can they do that, surely that infringes his human rights?
Thats it Steven, the Met trawl around London with crack gun teams looking to execute swarthy looking blokes :icon_roll
Thats it Steven, the Met trawl around London with crack gun teams looking to execute swarthy looking blokes :icon_roll
And so what if they shoot on sight,just a ..'mistake' we all make em
Thats it Steven, the Met trawl around London with crack gun teams looking to execute swarthy looking blokes :icon_roll
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