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| Richard Barklie gets football match ban over Paris Metro racist incident | Richard Barklie gets football match ban over Paris Metro racist incident |
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| A former policeman and human rights activist was on Wednesday among four Chelsea supporters banned from football matches for up to five years over the racial abuse and shoving of a black commuter off a Paris Metro train. | |
| Video showed Frenchman Souleymane Sylla repeatedly pushed off the carriage amid chants of “we’re racist, we’re racist, and that’s the way we like it”. | Video showed Frenchman Souleymane Sylla repeatedly pushed off the carriage amid chants of “we’re racist, we’re racist, and that’s the way we like it”. |
| Violence flared as Chelsea fans were in the French capital to watch the west London club’s Champions League match against Paris St Germain on 17 February. | |
| Richard Barklie, 50, a director with the World Human Rights Forum, admitted twice pushing Sylla – but blamed the Parisian for using “aggression” and shouting as he tried to board. | Richard Barklie, 50, a director with the World Human Rights Forum, admitted twice pushing Sylla – but blamed the Parisian for using “aggression” and shouting as he tried to board. |
| But on Wednesday district judge Gareth Branston said Barklie joined in the racist chanting of “John Terry is a racist and that’s the way we like it”. | But on Wednesday district judge Gareth Branston said Barklie joined in the racist chanting of “John Terry is a racist and that’s the way we like it”. |
| And he said the former police officer - banned from matches for five years - “proved to be a menace” and had “demonstrated aggressive, disorderly conduct”. | |
| Three other fans were also been issued football banning orders for their role in the race incident. | |
| Former finance worker Josh Parsons, 20, from Dorking, Surrey, was banned for five years. | |
| The judge said that, along with Barklie, Parsons played a leading role in the racist abuse and pushing Sylla off and “sang the chant glorifying racism”. | |
| Jordan Munday, of Sidcup south-east London, who allegedly joined in the racist chanting, was banned for three years. William Simpson, of Ashford, Surrey, who also played a part in pushing Mr Sylla off the train, was banned for five years. |