A Tottenham fan who threw a banana skin at the Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been handed a four-year football ban and fined after magistrates ruled there was a racial element to the incident. But magistrates decided there was a racial element after an application was made by the prosecution. Panteli was fined £500, which includes £100 for the racial element, and told to pay £135 in costs at Highbury Corner magistrates court on Tuesday. It could have been an apple core.”The Arsenal players were “goading” the away fans with their celebrations, the lawyer argued. Panteli did not bring the banana to the match himself and was sober, she said.

Source: The Guardian December 18, 2018 13:45 UTC