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21.07.2023 - 05:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A Manchester City fan has been handed a football banning order for repeatedly making a 'disgusting' gesture mocking the Hillsborough tragedy during a game against Liverpool last year.
David Murphy, 42, was captured on CCTV repeatedly making a CPR gesture - pushing downwards with two clasped hands - towards Liverpool supporters after the final whistle when City beat their rivals 3-2 in an EFL Cup tie at the Etihad stadium on December 22 last year.
The father, from Frodsham in Cheshire, claimed in court he was making 'calm down' gestures - but yesterday (Thursday) this was rejected by magistrates who handed him a fine and a three-year ban from attending football matches.
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Prosecutor Suzanne Ludlow told Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court the defendant was spotted by stadium officials 'mimicking CPR gestures' on CCTV after the game, which was marred by trouble.
Ms Ludlow said the gestures were directed towards Liverpool supporters in the ground after the final whistle and that the stadium officials concluded the gestures were 'disgusting' and designed to mock the Hillsborough disaster, which resulted in the deaths of 97 supporters following a stadium crush in 1989.
The footage, which was played on court, showed Murphy repeatedly making the thrusting heart massage gestures with two clasped hands and other rude gestures as he was standing beside his ten-year-old son.
Addressing the bench, Murphy told the magistrates he admitted making the gestures but he insisted they were not done to mock the Hillsborough disaster. He said such gestures were 'dreadful'. "That's something I wouldn't do," he said.
He pointed out to the bench that he himself has a
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