Racist jailed

[FatCat]

Hopefully this will serve as a deterrent to other like minded individuals.

West Bromwich Albion fan Simon Silwood jailed for eight weeks for racially abusing footballer Romaine Sawyers on Facebook

The midfielder said he felt "harassed, alarmed and distressed" after reading the abuse that was posted after his team lost 5 - 0 to Manchester City.

news.sky.com

 

[Laughing]

Nice to see a custodial sentence handed out. Hopefully more to follow, jail time not racism, obviously

 

[Joy_Division_Oven_Gloves]

50 year old ffs! He’s carried those views for decades

 

[El Guapo]

Good

 

[Blf]

Might stop some of the people who post this rubbish if they think it could end up with them in jail.

 

[Laughing]

Might stop some of the people who post this rubbish if they think it could end up with them in jail.

It's not just the jail time it's public jail time and he may lose his job and find it difficult to get another one.

 

[FatCat]

Nice to see a custodial sentence handed out. Hopefully more to follow, jail time not racism, obviously

The thing is the sooner people realise what you say on the internet you are equally as accountable as if you said it in person then the better off we will all be.

 

[BoroFur]

This will come as a shock to all who espouse and tolerate racism in all its forms.

The sentence should be welcomed by all right-minded folk on this board and elsewhere.