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One of the two fans charged with a public order disorder after Dwight Yorke was allegedly racially abused, has been hit with a five-year ban.
Yorke was livid after claiming he was racially abused on his return to former club Blackburn Rovers with Birmingham and the police subsequently charged two people who were present at the game.
Jason Perryman of Chorley pleaded guilty to an offence of racially aggravated disorderly behaviour towards Yorke and has been handed a five-year banning order from all football in England and Wales.
Passing sentence, John Fryer, chairman of the bench, said: "You racially humiliated Dwight Yorke in public by both actions as well as words.
"There is no place in football or anywhere else for racist behaviour."
Perryman has also been fined £1000 and will pay £75 costs for the incident.
A second fan, David Ashcroft, 21, pleaded not guilty to a charge following Sunday's
Yorke was livid after claiming he was racially abused on his return to former club Blackburn Rovers with Birmingham and the police subsequently charged two people who were present at the game.
Jason Perryman of Chorley pleaded guilty to an offence of racially aggravated disorderly behaviour towards Yorke and has been handed a five-year banning order from all football in England and Wales.
Passing sentence, John Fryer, chairman of the bench, said: "You racially humiliated Dwight Yorke in public by both actions as well as words.
"There is no place in football or anywhere else for racist behaviour."
Perryman has also been fined £1000 and will pay £75 costs for the incident.
A second fan, David Ashcroft, 21, pleaded not guilty to a charge following Sunday's
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