Rangers fan alarmed eight players by 'touching' them

[ian1964 10,440]

STV - 6 December 2017

 

Junior Redmond jailed and banned from matches after drunkenly embracing players.

 

A Rangers fan alarmed several members of his team by "touching" them after a 3-0 win over St Johnstone.

 

Junior Redmond, 25, was jailed for six months and banned from all football for two and a half years after a court heard he locked several players in a drunken embrace.

 

Perth Sheriff Court was told Redmond from Glasgow*caused "alarm and annoyance" to eight players when he ran on to the pitch at McDiarmid Park in Perth.

 

He admitted breaching the peace by "approaching several professional players on the pitch and touching several of them on the body" before shouting and swearing at stewards and police officers.

 

Redmond had been in the south stand but left his seat at the end of the Premiership match on October 13 and ran on to the pitch.

 

He then ran up to the Rangers players as they left the pitch and "shook hands and embraced them".Police said the players were "alarmed and annoyed" by Redmond's actions.

 

Security footage of the incident showed*Redmond spent almost a minute approaching players as they entered the tunnel.

 

After touching eight players he was captured by stewards and taken to the exit of the stadium but he began to have a heated argument with them.

 

Redmond - who has 20 previous convictions for a variety of crimes - was then arrested by police.

 

Sheriff Lindsay Foulis told him: "I am quite sure professional footballers do not appreciate supporters running on to the pitch to embrace them and shake their hands."

 

He banned Redmond from all football in the UK or abroad featuring professional clubs from any of the leagues in Scotland, Wales and England, as well as from international matches.

 

https://stv.tv/amp/1403847-rangers-fan-jailed-and-banned-after-touching-players/

[craig 5,199]

6 months for that ?

 

Wonder what you would get for, say, hitting a player on the head with a lighter or mobile phone ??? Seemingly at Parkhead it would be a pat on the back, a season ticket and possibly even some corporate hospitality....

[der Berliner 3,279]

I take it that the three chaps "victimised" for hanging the effigies at the Scumhut last season have as of now faced nothing but ... having their temporarily removed season tickets returned to them?

 

Did they actually jail any of the Hooped Hibs that attacked our players after the cup final?

[boabie 230]

It doesn't explain things very well but drunk at a match is an offence. Invading the park another. 20 previous but don't say what for.

If he hasn't learned his lesson by this time he deserves all he gets.

[StuGers 477]

What a tube. Looks like his 20 previous convictions coming into play.

 

However, remember the Hibs ned ran the length of the park, attacked two players, then ran to the Rangers fans and hit a woman with a seat and never got jail time.

[Gonzo79 13,741]

However, remember the Hibs ned ran the length of the park, attacked two players, then ran to the Rangers fans and hit a woman with a seat and never got jail time.

 

Strange as we're just another football club and totally inclusive and open to all. Must just be bad luck and not a systematic problem in Scotland. Maybe jealousy?

[Gazza_8 233]

Spot the difference. (source Twitter)

[pete 2,499]

Strange as we're just another football club and totally inclusive and open to all. Must just be bad luck and not a systematic problem in Scotland. Maybe jealousy?

I am afraid I won't defend this one. You don't get 20 police convictions if you are a nice guy. As Boabie says he deserved all he got.

[Gonzo79 13,741]

I'd agree with that, pete. He's obviously an idiot.

 

My point was more about how fans of other clubs are dealt with and how their incidents are reported in the press.

[ian1964 10,440]

The Hibs fans were lucky then!