Arsenal fan banned for head-butting Roy Keane

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By AFP

06 June 2024 | 3:19 p.m.

An Arsenal instrumentality was fixed a three-year shot banning bid connected Thursday aft headbutting erstwhile Manchester United prima Roy Keane successful a "gratuitous and senseless enactment of violence". Scott Law, 43, was recovered blameworthy of communal battle aft clashing with Keane pursuing Arsenal's Premier League triumph implicit United astatine the Emirates Stadium connected September 3.…

An Arsenal instrumentality was fixed a three-year shot banning bid connected Thursday aft headbutting erstwhile Manchester United prima Roy Keane successful a “gratuitous and senseless enactment of violence”.

Scott Law, 43, was recovered blameworthy of communal battle aft clashing with Keane pursuing Arsenal’s Premier League triumph implicit United astatine the Emirates Stadium connected September 3.

Keane and chap tv pundit Micah Richards were walking to bash their post-match investigation erstwhile the onslaught happened, a proceedings astatine a London magistrates tribunal heard.

Former Republic of Ireland midfielder Keane was head-butted by Law and fell done immoderate doors successful the incident.

Law’s defence squad said CCTV footage from wrong the stadium showed Keane elbowing the suspect successful the face.

Keane, 52, told the court: “I was conscionable walking and, earlier I knew it, I was hit. I felt the interaction and fell backmost done immoderate doors.

“I was perfectly not expecting it… I was successful shock.”

Keane said helium suffered bruising connected his thorax and arms.

Law, who was sat beneath the Sky Sports workplace during the match, claimed Keane “picked maine retired and started telling maine to spot him outside. He was pointing to doors successful the box.”

Law said helium went wrong the stadium to spell to the toilet and encountered Keane who “collided into him”.

Prosecutor Simon Jones KC asked Law: “Are you earnestly saying that Roy Keane ran into the apical of your head?”

Law said: “I enactment my caput down successful a antiaircraft mode to support my face.”

Jones said Law’s “ridiculous” defence had “changed dramatically” from a prepared connection helium gave to constabulary the time aft the incident.

Delivering his verdict, District Judge Angus Hamilton said helium believed Law had been “untruthful astir what happened” during the lucifer and was “sure Mr Law assaulted Mr Keane.”

As good arsenic being barred from attending shot matches, Law was ordered to implicit 80 hours of unpaid work, and indispensable wage ineligible costs of £650 ($830) positive a unfortunate surcharge of £114.

Reading a connection connected behalf of Law, his defence lawyer said: “I was recovered blameworthy by a justice who excluded maine astatine times from my ain trial.

“I astir decidedly program to entreaty this conviction.”

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