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Naina Bhardwaj & John Gillespie

Edinburgh domestic abuse thug dropped by new club after signing backlash

A domestic abuse brute who assaulted his former Scotland International partner has been axed from the club he signed for just weeks ago.

37-year-old Paul Tansey left Whitehill Welfare FC, after joining them in July. Tansey, the brother of former Scotland star Leigh Griffiths, abused Celtic’s Lisa Robertson during a 10-month long tirade.

After his conviction in May, he was sacked from his then-club Penicuik Athletic. However, East of Scotland division one side quietly acquired the brute during the summer.

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