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Worcester man charged after wearing offensive Hillsborough T-shirt | Worcester man charged after wearing offensive Hillsborough T-shirt |
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A man has been charged with wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with offensive words relating to the Hillsborough disaster. | A man has been charged with wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with offensive words relating to the Hillsborough disaster. |
Police received reports of a man seen at the Brewers Arms pub in the St Johns area of Worcester on Sunday, who was asked to leave by the landlord. | Police received reports of a man seen at the Brewers Arms pub in the St Johns area of Worcester on Sunday, who was asked to leave by the landlord. |
Paul Grange, 50, was arrested on Monday and charged with "displaying abusive writing... likely to cause distress". | Paul Grange, 50, was arrested on Monday and charged with "displaying abusive writing... likely to cause distress". |
The wording suggested the disaster was "God's way" of helping a pest control company. | |
Mr Grange has been bailed to appear at Worcester Magistrates' Court in July. | Mr Grange has been bailed to appear at Worcester Magistrates' Court in July. |
Supt Kevin Purcell, of West Mercia Police, said: "I understand the alarm and distress the offensive language shown on this T-shirt will have caused to both the people in and around the pub and further afield." | Supt Kevin Purcell, of West Mercia Police, said: "I understand the alarm and distress the offensive language shown on this T-shirt will have caused to both the people in and around the pub and further afield." |
Ninety-six football fans were killed in an overcrowded Hillsborough stadium on 15 April 1989 at the start of the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. | Ninety-six football fans were killed in an overcrowded Hillsborough stadium on 15 April 1989 at the start of the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. |
In April an inquest concluded the 96 fans were unlawfully killed. | In April an inquest concluded the 96 fans were unlawfully killed. |