Wayne Hennessey has been told that he requires “appropriate education” to understand the horrors of Nazism after saying he did not know what a Nazi salute was when charged with making the offensive gesture. Wayne Hennessey has been told that he requires “appropriate education” to understand the horrors of Nazism after saying he did not know what a Nazi salute was when charged with making the offensive gesture. Hennessey’s defence stated that he did not know what a Nazi salute was, according to the Football Association’s written reasons after the charge was found not proven this month. He told the hearing that he did not know what a Nazi salute was. “In fact, when cross-examined about this Mr Hennessey displayed a very considerable – one might even say lamentable – degree of ignorance about anything to do with Hitler, fascism and the Nazi regime.

Source: Irish Independent April 16, 2019 22:41 UTC