{"id":30513,"date":"2023-03-14T11:49:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T11:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/2023\/03\/14\/ivan-toney-man-given-landmark-stadium-ban-for-racially-abusing-brentford-striker\/"},"modified":"2023-03-14T11:49:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T11:49:19","slug":"ivan-toney-man-given-landmark-stadium-ban-for-racially-abusing-brentford-striker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/?p=30513","title":{"rendered":"Ivan Toney: Man given ‘landmark’ stadium ban for racially abusing Brentford striker"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ivan Toney received the abusive message after scoring in Brentford’s win over Brighton on 14 October last year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A man who racially abused Brentford striker Ivan Toney on social media has been banned from every football ground in the United Kingdom for three years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It is the first banning order issued under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Antonio Neill, 24, <\/span>admitted sending an offensive message<\/span><\/a> at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court in January.<\/span><\/p>\n

Neill, of Blyth, Northumberland, was also handed a four-month jail sentence, suspended for two years.<\/span><\/p>\n

As well as all matches in the UK, the banning order prevents Neill from travelling abroad to watch international friendlies, qualification matches and tournaments.<\/span><\/p>\n

New legislation was brought in last year to widen the scope of banning orders for online hate crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Discrimination has absolutely no place in any society, whether out in our communities or online,” said Supt Scott Cowie, hate crime lead for Northumbria Police.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I hope this reinforces our commitment to taking action against anybody who commits a hate crime – it will not be tolerated and we will do all we can to put perpetrators before the courts.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Antonio Neill pleaded guilty to sending an offensive message and apologised to Ivan Toney at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court in January<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Toney posted a screenshot of a direct message he received on Instagram <\/span>in a Twitter post in October,<\/span><\/a> with police treating the incident as a hate crime.<\/span><\/p>\n

Neill apologised to Toney in court in January for sending the message, which was described by a judge as “exceptionally offensive” and with “racial overtones”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Toney <\/span>also received racist and abusive messages<\/span><\/a> to his Instagram account after scoring the equaliser against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium in January. <\/span><\/p>\n

Brentford described the ban issued to Neill as a “landmark ruling”.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Ivan Toney has been subject to sickening racist abuse on a regular basis, and we want to see tough action taken against anyone found guilty of such abuse,” a Brentford statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The club firmly believes there is no place for racial abuse in football and we continue to support and implement a zero-tolerance policy towards discriminatory behaviour of any kind.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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