Soccer fans tried to get in drunk
1:23pm Wednesday 14th May 2008
THREE Derby County fans who came to Blackburn to support their already relegated team found themselves locked up and charged with public order offences.
Gareth Hopwell, 28, of Derby, admitted being drunk while entering Ewood Park. He was fined £100 with £65 costs.
Daniel John Gaetto, 21, of, Nottingham, was arrested after police saw between 15 and 20 men squaring up in Blackburn town centre. Gaetto was seen to throw a punch.
Gaetto pleaded guilty to threatening behaviour. He was fined £200 with £75 costs and made subject to a football banning order for four years.
Graham Bunting, 37, of Matlock, pleaded guilty to being drunk trying to enter Ewood Park. He was fined £200 with £75 costs and made subject to a football banning order for four years.