[Football] Bradley Lowery - Massive Scumbag

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

'A Sheffield Wednesday fan who used a photo of Bradley Lowery to taunt opposition supporters has admitted a public order offence.
Dale Houghton, 31, was pictured laughing as he brandished the image of the six-year-old during a match against Sunderland - the team Bradley supported before he died of cancer in 2017.
He pleaded guilty at Sheffield Magistrates' Court on Monday.
District Judge James Gould described his actions as "utterly deplorable".
Houghton, of Black Carr Road, Rotherham, was released on bail ahead of a sentencing hearing on 17 November.

His family, community and employers must be very proud

Bradley Lowery: Man pleads guilty to taunting fans

Dale Houghton was pictured laughing as he brandished the image during a match against Sunderland.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Some people are just wired wrong. What an absolute weapon.

 

[BNthree]

His defence is probably something along the lines of "it's just bantz".

 

[Iggle Piggle]

When I saw the thread title I thought "Bit harsh, poor kids dead"

 

[Whitechapel]

He’s obviously a complete scumbag, but potential jail time is absolutely mental.

 

[Hamilton]

He's an idiot. A massive idiot.

But he's not representative of MASSIVE as a whole. I hear they've raised a tonne of cash in response to this fool acting this way.

 

[Deleted member 37369]

He’s obviously a complete scumbag, but potential jail time is absolutely mental.

How about a couple of hundred hours or so of community service … to be undertaken in Sunderland?

 

[Weststander]

Imagine being the cnt who thinks what’s the saddest story associated with opposing supporters, to mock.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Some people are just wired wrong. What an absolute weapon.

Doubtless there will some absolute MELT come along in a minute to tell us that the **** had mental health issues and that it was a cry for help

 

[hans kraay fan club]

He’s obviously a complete scumbag, but potential jail time is absolutely mental.

Agreed - though as a country we do need to be making an example of ****s like this, to reinforce that it isn't okay to be a complete ****.

A heavy (means tested, obvs) fine, and some community service helping out at a kids' hospice ought to set the guy a bit straight.

 

[Live by the sea]

Go back into his family history , there’s a good chance those brothers have had major issues . No one normal would ever come up with that as a good idea to do .

I agree jail term would potentially be counter productive, let him serve 250 hrs community service in a childrens hospice , he will learn much more and hopefully come out a better & changed person .

 

[Guinness Boy]

Agreed - though as a country we do need to be making an example of ****s like this, to reinforce that it isn't okay to be a complete ****.

A heavy (means tested, obvs) fine, and some community service helping out at a kids' hospice ought to set the guy a bit straight.

Yep, seems about right, and a ban from Hillsborough obviously. Though this season it's probably not the punishment it should be.

 

[nicko31]

What sort of person gets up in the morning and goes out of his way to print out such an image to take to a match?

This is not a caught up in the moment thing, he must have really thought about what he was doing....

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Doubtless there will some absolute MELT come along in a minute to tell us that the **** had mental health issues and that it was a cry for help

I'd be surprised

 

[Mellotron]

I just can't get my head around it. In no way whatsoever is it funny.

I've seen shock/dark humour that is actually funny, so I can see the logic at least of going to some dark places for humour, but this one. Just a braindead twat.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

What sort of person gets up in the morning and goes out of his way to print out such an image to take to a match?

This is not a caught up in the moment thing, he must have really thought about what he was doing....

Yup. Warped ****

 

[Deleted member 37369]

What sort of person gets up in the morning and goes out of his way to print out such an image to take to a match?

This is not a caught up in the moment thing, he must have really thought about what he was doing....

He didn’t print it out - he held up his phone with the image on it.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

He didn’t print it out - he held up his phone with the image on it.

Phew! That's OK then

Houghton was charged after pictures circulated on X, formerly Twitter, showing two men laughing at Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium on Friday, as the defendant held up a photo of Bradley on his phone.
During a police interview Houghton described his behaviour as "enjoyable banter" and said he had "found it funny," prosecutor Jade Scott told the court.

 

[Deleted member 37369]

Phew! That's OK then

Houghton was charged after pictures circulated on X, formerly Twitter, showing two men laughing at Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium on Friday, as the defendant held up a photo of Bradley on his phone.
During a police interview Houghton described his behaviour as "enjoyable banter" and said he had "found it funny," prosecutor Jade Scott told the court.

No it’s not ok FFS! I was trying to be factual about what actually happened!

 

[Eeyore]

Agreed - though as a country we do need to be making an example of ****s like this, to reinforce that it isn't okay to be a complete ****.

A heavy (means tested, obvs) fine, and some community service helping out at a kids' hospice ought to set the guy a bit straight.

Prison is for dangerous criminals, so it doesn't apply here.

I would suggest that public humiliation and losing his job will have a forever effect. In many ways he will have suffered enough.

A spell doing community service in a hospice or something would be a good rehabilitation.

Being forced to watch Sheffield Wednesday for the rest of the season is a bit OTT. I'd take 9 months in clink.