Merseyside police arrest a 20-year-old Aintree man on suspicion of racial abuse

Posted on | January 7, 2012 | No Comments

Liverpool will impose a lifetime ban on any supporter found to have racially insulted the Oldham Athletic defender Tom Adeyemi. The club have been investigating an incident at Anfield with Merseyside police, who said on Saturday night they had arrested a 20-year-old Aintree man on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence.

The man was being questioned by officers after Adeyemi was reduced to tears in the 80th minute of Oldham’s 5–1 defeat in the FA Cup on Friday. Liverpool, who have come in for fierce criticism over their handling of Luis Suárez’s eight-match ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra, have been swift to act after Adeyemi’s alleged confrontation with a fan at the front of the Kop. Continue

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