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Essex fined £50,000 over historic racist comment

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Essex have been fined £50,000 and reprimanded after accepting two charges relating to a historic racist comment.

The club has admitted former chair John Faragher used the term ‘n***** in the woodpile’ during a board meeting in 2017, as well as its own failure to conduct a timely investigation into the matter. Faragher, who resigned last November, personally denies the allegation.

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