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Stan Collymore: Police investigate racist Twitter claim | |
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Former footballer Stan Collymore has received "a number" of racist messages on Twitter, Staffordshire Police said. | |
The former Liverpool, Leicester and Aston Villa striker contacted the force on Monday about "offensive" messages directed towards him. | |
A police spokesman said they had secured copies of the tweets and were investigating. | |
Ch Insp Carl Ratcliffe said the force would take action if appropriate. | Ch Insp Carl Ratcliffe said the force would take action if appropriate. |
Mr Collymore, 42, originally from Cannock, Staffordshire, now works as a broadcaster. | |
Anti-racism campaign group Kick It Out said it had been monitoring the tweets and had made a separate complaint to the police. | |
In 2012, in a separate incident, Mr Collymore was the target of racially abusive tweets from a law student. | |
Joshua Cryer, 21, of Jesmond, Newcastle, was given a two-year community order by a judge. |