An ex-estate agent who sent a vile racist tweet about black England players following the team's Euro 2020 final defeat was given a suspended jail sentence today.
Andrew Bone, 41, sent a post from his Twitter account which read "n*****s ruined it for us" after England lost to Italy on penalties at Wembley in 2021 during the Euro 2020 final.
The vile Tweet was directed at England players Bukayo Saka, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford who missed penalties in the shoot-out at Wembley as England faced its first-ever Euros final.
Racist comments made following the game were publically condemned by Prince William at the time,
Bone was today (Tues) sentenced to six weeks in prison, suspended for a year, at Manchester Magistrates’ Court.
Andrew Bone, 41, sent a post from his Twitter account which read "n*****s ruined it for us" after England lost to Italy on penalties at Wembley in 2021 during the Euro 2020 final.
The vile Tweet was directed at England players Bukayo Saka, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford who missed penalties in the shoot-out at Wembley as England faced its first-ever Euros final.
Racist comments made following the game were publically condemned by Prince William at the time,
Bone was today (Tues) sentenced to six weeks in prison, suspended for a year, at Manchester Magistrates’ Court.
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00:00Mr Bone, do you regret what you did?
00:04Are you sorry for what you've done?
00:07Do you think your tweet was right?
00:10Do you have anything to say?
00:22Mr Bone, is making racist tweets alright?