38yo Celtic fan arrested & charged w/assault on ex-Hearts player Frankie Kent, Sun 16th May. Police & CPS released pic of accused but not their CCTV.
Blurry CCTV of altercation in public domain nonetheless found & uploaded to YouTube. See link below at 08:56.
Full context is:
1. When Hearts captain Shankland was walking off the pitch at half-time & he saw McInnes, Shankland then looked up to the Celtic & said, 'FENIAN CUNTS'. This was sectarian abuse by the Hearts captain to the Celtic fans.
2. When Hearts manager Derek McInnes saw his captain Shankland calling the Celtic fans 'FENIAN CUNTS', he patted him on the back for this. The Hearts management support sectarian abuse of Celtic fans by Hearts player.
3. Before McInnes' appointment to Hearts, he has himself previously said, 'Up to the knees surrender or you'll die'. McInnes glorified war-crimes by the British Empire in Ireland. McInnes has refused to apologise for this - McInnes seemingly seeks continued hatred of Scots-Irish Catholics & for them to be oppressed.
4. (a) Celtic were given a penalty when Hearts' Kyziridis palmed away a cross going into the box (a clear penalty as acknowledged by all experts). McInnes sarcastically clapped the Celtic fans & said, 'Well done the ref'. McInnes also leaned in towards the fans & told them to 'fuck off' with a hand gesture. Yet more abuse designed to aggravate.
(b) On the Wednesday before this game, McInnes had called ref John Beaton 'disgusting' for giving a decision to Celtic - an opposition player in their box put their hand on their forehead & headered the ball - it was confirmed by UEFA & FIFA referee panels to SFA Head of Refereeng Willie Collum that this was indeed a clear penalty & a 100% correct decision (despite a media frenzy by biased British establishment). This inflammatory remark by McInnes led to ref Beaton needing round the clock Police protection, and his kids needing a Police escort to get to school. This was designed by Hearts manager McInnes to intimidate the refs to cheat Celtic (make them scared to give 'Fenians' like Celtic decisions that they are rightfully due).
5. When Hearts' Frankie Kent came onto the pitch as sub, he was acting the pantomime villain - unbelievably, Kent picked his nose then pretended he was patting 4th Official David Dickinson on the back, but actually wiped the bogey on Dickinson's jumper. This really is one of those things you need to see to believe! See the video below for further details.
6. After the game when Celtic won, Celtic fans overspilled onto the pitch (customary in Scottish Football). Kent & Shankland were standing together. A Celtic fan was running past Kent & Shankland and making hand gestures towards them from 10 foot away. Given Shankland had given the Celtic fans sectarian abuse of 'Fenian cunts' the hour before, this hand-gesture to Shankland was unfortunate but certainly not unexpected.
7. Shankland in temper then pounced towards the Celtic fan, & started a fight. Shankland punched/jabbed the Celtic fan on the ribs, stamped on the Celtic fan's foot, then forearmed the Celtic fan. The Celtic fan winced & stumbled away. Shankland is a professional athlete who was wearing footwear with metal studs to do this stamp on the Celtic fan - using his metal studs as a weapon.
8. After this, Shankland & Kent were quickly surrounded by a security barricade. A Celtic fan was on his phone filming Kent & Shankland from well behind this security barricade.
9. Kent followed on captain Shankland's lead of assaulting a Celtic fan. Kent pushed through the security barricade & knocked the fan's phone out of his hand. Kent then stomped on the fan's phone with his metal studs. Kent then viciously stomped on the Celtic fan's foot with his metal studs whilst the fan was trying to pick up his damaged phone. Again, Kent used his metal studs as a weapon.
10. These Celtic fans who Shankland & Kent picked on were not imposing; these Celtic fans targeted because they were smaller. Shankland & Kent were being bullies.
11. The accused then emerged from the background. The accused approached Shankland & Kent (2 vs 1). From the current footage available, the accused pushed Kent & told him to back off from bullying people. This was a 5 second altercation. It looks very mild to say the least.
12. 100's of thousands have watched this footage & did not even pick up on this altercation between the Celtic fan & Kent. You have to microscopically zoom in & go into super slow motion to pick up on anything.
13. Ex-Hearts midfielder Cammy Devlin who was in the dressing room with Kent & Shankland after the game honestly admitted to Australian & world media at the World Cup that, 'nah, no one was hurt'. This admission by Devlin to the world media plainly corroborates the above - that there were no 'assaults' with this being a fairly mild altercation in a heated situation.
Conclusion:
Given the sectarian abuse Hearts captain Shankland gave to Celtic fans, as well as 2 smaller Celtic fans being stamped on by Shankland & Kent with their metal studs on (as well as Shankland punching a Celtic fan in the ribs), the accused's mild actions in return appear well short of assault.
In particular, it is not understood how the accused Celtic fan can be deemed by the CPS to have committed 'assault' with a push, when a punch by Shankland, and both Shankland & Kent stamping on Celtic fans' feet with metal studs on, are not deemed assaults by the CPS? Kent & Shankland were also the initiators of these assaults.
The fact that Kent & Shankland are not being prosecuted by CPS for worse assaults, indeed using studs on feet as weapons, this prosecution of a Celtic fan looks like clear bigotry by the CPS. This certainly looks the case based on the evidence available in the public domain.
Hearts owner, Tony Bloom, after the game stated on TalkSport to Jim White & Simon Jordan (who have millions of viewers) that 2 Hearts players were assaulted. This looks like a politically motivated prosecution because 'Tony Bloom says so' - Bloom doesn't want to be accused of fabricating lies about the Celtic fans on TalkSport - so what looks like a completely mild incident is having an assault accusation manufactured for it (based on current evidence).
Media spin:
The media & Glasgow Sheriff Court will likely seek to persecute & bedevil this Celtic fan as usual, who of course they call 'papists' & 'popish' in the 1689, Claim of Right, Scotland's Constitution.
Based on the current evidence in the public domain however, the accused Celtic fan was standing up to 2 bullies Kent & Shankland after they assaulted smaller Celtic fans (stamping on their feet with metal studs on and punching) - after Shankland had given the Celtic fans sectarian abuse not long beforehand, as shown to the world on Sky TV. The accused would have been aware of this sectarian abuse to him through social media on his phone, with viewers picking up on this sectarian abuse by Shankland immediately.
This is certainly one case for Celtic fans to keep an eye on (the accused may even just admit wrongdoing because he has no confidence in Glasgow Sheriff Court Judges & is offered a mild left-off by the CPS; you can rest assured if this was a jury considering this case it would probably be defended).
@ScottishHibee85@loneappletree@NUTSY10 You sound like an absolute cunt of a man Bobby, although I am just making an assumption like you are in relation to the 41 year olds physical ability to chase a 3 year old
@Melissag0ec@JOAlexOK If your going to lie, atleast make it sound credible. They pay rent and it’s the equivalent to a capital/interest payment. This is why you lot are so thick