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| Pair guilty of Sol Campbell abuse | |
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| A man and a boy have been found guilty of shouting "shocking and disgusting" homophobic chants at Portsmouth footballer Sol Campbell. | A man and a boy have been found guilty of shouting "shocking and disgusting" homophobic chants at Portsmouth footballer Sol Campbell. |
| Ian Trow, 42, of Deanshanger, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, and the boy, 14, denied indecent chanting but were convicted by Portsmouth magistrates. | |
| The charges related to chants made at Campbell during a match against Tottenham Hotspur last year. | The charges related to chants made at Campbell during a match against Tottenham Hotspur last year. |
| In a statement, Campbell said he felt "totally victimised and helpless". | |
| 'Bad taste' | |
| The court statement also said: "I felt absolutely disgusted at this and I didn't react because of my profile and I feared I might make the situation worse and cause problems. | |
| "I felt totally victimised and helpless by the abuse I received on this day. | |
| "It has had an effect on me personally and I do not want it to continue. I support the police in their action." | |
| After a three-hour trial, Georgette Holbrook, chairwoman of the panel, ruled the two defendants had chanted "Come on gay boy, that's my gay boy" during the game at Fratton Park. | After a three-hour trial, Georgette Holbrook, chairwoman of the panel, ruled the two defendants had chanted "Come on gay boy, that's my gay boy" during the game at Fratton Park. |
| Four men pleaded guilty at a previous hearing | |
| She said: "We find that the words used were in extremely bad taste, they were inappropriate, shocking and disgusting, and as such they were indecent." | She said: "We find that the words used were in extremely bad taste, they were inappropriate, shocking and disgusting, and as such they were indecent." |
| The man and boy were convicted by Portsmouth magistrates and face sentencing later. | |
| Following the match, Hampshire Police released images of 16 people wanted in connection with the chants. | |
| A total of 11 were arrested and four men pleaded guilty to the offence in January and were sentenced to a three-year football banning order and a fine. | |
| Three men have been given police cautions while two 15-year-old boys were given final warnings, according to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). | |
| While cases of racist chanting have been prosecuted before, this was the first case of indecent chanting to be brought to the courts, the CPS said. |