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Wolves fan handed four-year football banning order for mocking fatal A66 crash
Overview
A 20-year-old Wolverhampton Wanderers supporter, Bradley Aston, has received a four-year football banning order and an eight-week suspended jail term after pleading guilty to a public order offence. Aston displayed a mobile phone with the message 'Police Killed Your Own' to Middlesbrough fans, mocking a fatal wrong-way crash on the A66 in August that killed seven people, including two police officers.
Key points
- Bradley Aston, a 20-year-old university student from Walsall, admitted to a public order offence following Middlesbrough's match against Wolves.
- He displayed a mobile phone screen stating 'Police Killed Your Own' to mock a fatal A66 crash that claimed seven lives, including two police officers.
- Aston received an eight-week prison sentence suspended for a year and a four-year football banning order.
- Magistrates stated he would have faced immediate custody were it not for recent changes to sentencing rules.
- The court noted his actions risked causing substantial public disorder and severe distress to the victims' families and police workforce.