This is the face of the thug who attacked Sheffield United star Billy Sharp after Nottingham Forest's dramatic play-off win at the City Ground. Robert Biggs has been jailed for 24 weeks after assaulting Sharp on Tuesday night, May 17, during a pitch invasion.
Biggs, 30, of Church View, Ilkeston, a £50,000-a-year electrical engineer, was also handed a football banning order for 10 years when he appeared in court on Thursday, May 19. Biggs entered the pitch alongside other fans after the Reds won a penalty shootout which decided their two-legged tie with Sheffield United.
Biggs' actions were widely condemned when footage, which was played at Nottingham Magistrates' Court, where he was sentenced, emerged showing what happened. Police quickly launched an appeal in the hope of finding who was responsible and Biggs was arrested shortly afterwards.
