Man charged for wearing offensive football shirt referencing Hillsborough disaster
A MAN has been charged after he was seen wearing a football shirt at Wembley Stadium which appeared to make an offensive reference to the Hillsborough disaster.
James White, 33, of Warwickshire, was charged on Sunday with displaying threatening or abusive writing likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress, Scotland Yard said.
The Metropolitan Police retweeted a picture on Saturday of a man wearing a Manchester United shirt that had the number 97 on the back and the words “Not Enough.”
Wembley was hosting the FA Cup Final, where Manchester City beat local rivals Manchester United.
The Met said White was arrested “after being seen wearing a shirt which appeared to refer in offensive terms to those who died in the Hillsborough tragedy.”
He was bailed to appear at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Monday June 19.
Ninety-seven football fans died as a result of a crush at a match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield on April 15 1989.
An inquest jury ruled in 2016 that they were unlawfully killed amid a number of police errors.
The FA said it “strongly condemns” the actions of the individual and “will not tolerate abuse” relating to Hillsborough or any football tragedy.
