A Tottenham fan has been hit with a three-year ban from attending football games after being found guilty of mocking the Hillsborough disaster.
Kieron Darlow, 25, received his ban after admitting to mocking the disaster during Liverpool's 4-3 win over Tottenham in the Premier League on April 30, the Crown Prosecution Service said. 97 Liverpool fans tragically died at Hillsborough in 1989 during an FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest when there was a crush.
An inquest in 2016 ruled that the victims were unlawfully killed as a result of failures by police and the ambulance service. "Darlow admitted making a gesture towards the Liverpool fans and that this was a reference to the Hillsborough disaster," Andrew Page, of CPS Mersey Cheshire, said.
