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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Charlie Moloney

Bradley Lowery: man charged over ‘taunt’ at football match

Ex-Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe with Sunderland fan Bradley Lowery, who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma when he was 18 months old and died in 2017.
Ex-Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe with Sunderland fan Bradley Lowery, who died in 2017. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

A man has been charged with a public order offence after the image of football mascot Bradley Lowery was displayed during a match.

The six-year-old Sunderland fan, who struck up a close friendship with the team’s striker Jermain Defoe after being diagnosed with neuroblastoma, died in 2017 having helped raise more than £1m for charity.

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