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– A Chelsea fan has been given a stadium ban for racially abusing Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min.
– Thomas Burchell, from Croydon in south London, was charged with a racially aggravated public order offence, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
– The 30-year-old made a racist gesture towards the South Korea forward during a match at Stamford Bridge on 14 August 2022.
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– Burchell was banned from attending live football games for three years.
– He pleaded guilty to the public order offence on 10 February at City of London Magistrates’ Court, where he was fined a total of £1,107.
– The CPS said the sum was increased to reflect the racially aggravated element of the offence.
– Burchell appeared in the same court on Thursday to receive the football banning order.
