Brian Martin, 56, fired off an abusive email to Southgate at the end of England’s Nations League defeat to Hungary in June
England manager Gareth Southgate and Kieran Trippier outside the Souq Al-Wakra hotel, Qatar, following England's loss to France in their World Cup quarter-final in Al Khor on Saturday. Picture date: Sunday December 11, 2022.“And please say a personal thank you from me to the gutless, piss-poor, millionaire comedy clowns pretending to be an England football team who just had their piss-useless, bone-idle, couldn’t-give-a-f*** arses handed to them by one of the worst teams in Europe.
Ms Ibbotson said it was not thought that Southgate received the message, as it was picked up by his personal assistant and sent to FA security, who contacted the police.Representing himself in court, Martin said he would appeal against his conviction, adding: “It is an honest opinion, it is a legal opinion.”
District Judge Adrian Lower said the email was titled “Yet More Anti-White Racism From Team England”.“Racism has no place in our diverse society. The language you used is deeply hurtful to many people, especially people of colour.”The district judge said: “It is my public duty to send a strong message that this sort of behaviour will not be tolerated.”
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