BLACKBURN, England (AP) — A man who posted racially abusive online messages about England Women soccer player Jess Carter received a suspended jail sentence on Wednesday.
Nigel Dewale, a 60-year-old man from Great Harwood in Lancashire, northern England, sent two posts from his TikTok account during last year’s Women’s European Championship.
He sent them in response to a news article about police investigating online racial abuse received by Carter earlier in the tournament following England’s matches against France and Sweden.
The messages were later traced to Dewale, who was arrested and charged.
He was sentenced at Blackburn Magistrates’ Court to six weeks in custody, suspended for 12 months, having previously pleaded guilty to sending a grossly offensive message via a public communications network.
The 28-year-old Carter plays her club soccer for Gotham FC in the United States. She stopped using social media following the racist abuse and has spoken out about the stereotypes facing Black women in Britain.
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