Three men have been sentenced in separate incidents of hate crime-related offences and selling fake football tickets.
Steven Dodd, John Gill and Barnaby Dodsworth appeared in court for their respective offences, and each was sentenced for their crimes.
Gill was sentenced to 17 weeks in prison and issued a fine at Liverpool Magistrates Court on Tuesday 15 October.
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Barnaby Dodsworth, 50 years, from Sheffield, was convicted for using threatening and abusive words at the Liverpool vs Sheffield United game at Anfield on 4 April. He was heard shouting homophobic slurs which caused distress to people attending the game.
Dodd, a Sheffield United supporter, was found guilty and issued with three-year football banning order at South Sefton Magistrates Court on 2 October.
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Chief Inspector Iain Wyke said: “This type of behaviour displayed by Dodd, Gill and Dodsworth has no place in football.
“Dodd and Dodsworth were each issued with football banning orders for hateful comments posted online and offensive chanting at a match which caused distress to others, and this is wholly unacceptable.
“This ban prevents them now from attending any football game in the country.
“While Gill scammed supporters out of significant amounts of money by selling fake tickets to them outside the stadium, and he is now spending time in jail.
“I hope this sentencing sends a clear message and acts as a deterrent to others that we will be put you before the courts to be prosecuted.”
