Rupret 223 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 A MAN who filmed himself shouting abuse at a former Scotland footballer has been fined £600.Aaron Laing, 25, from Dundee shouted, swore and made abusive and sectarian comments to ex-goalkeeper Andy Goram on Saturday January 19 in Ladbrokes bookmakers in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.Laing was in a pub nearby when he learned that Mr Goram, a former Rangers footballer, was in the betting shop.He entered the shop shouting at Mr Goram, using his mobile phone to film the incident. The footage was later uploaded to YouTube.Laing was sentenced at Peterhead Sheriff Court after he pled guilty to threatening and abusive behaviour.Vicki Lee Bell, football liaison prosecutor for the north of Scotland, said: "There is no place in a modern Scotland for behaviour motivated by prejudice, discrimination or bigotry of any kind."It is the right of everyone to go about their business without fear of humiliation, harassment or abuse."The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service will continue to adopt a zero-tolerance approach to such offences and bring those who perpetrate such crimes to justice."http://www.<No links to this website>/news/scottish-news/man-handed-600-fine-filming-1837301 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_77 73 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Stupid wanker Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack1690 793 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Fenian scumbag. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christchurch Rangers 1,229 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 what a diddle Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionRedHMS 190 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 A MAN who filmed himself shouting abuse at a former Scotland footballer has been fined £600.Aaron Laing, 25, from Dundee shouted, swore and made abusive and sectarian comments to ex-goalkeeper Andy Goram on Saturday January 19 in Ladbrokes bookmakers in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.Laing was in a pub nearby when he learned that Mr Goram, a former Rangers footballer, was in the betting shop.He entered the shop shouting at Mr Goram, using his mobile phone to film the incident. The footage was later uploaded to YouTube.Laing was sentenced at Peterhead Sheriff Court after he pled guilty to threatening and abusive behaviour.Vicki Lee Bell, football liaison prosecutor for the north of Scotland, said: "There is no place in a modern Scotland for behaviour motivated by prejudice, discrimination or bigotry of any kind."It is the right of everyone to go about their business without fear of humiliation, harassment or abuse."The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service will continue to adopt a zero-tolerance approach to such offences and bring those who perpetrate such crimes to justice."http://www.<No links to this website>/news/scottish-news/man-handed-600-fine-filming-1837301Looks like a fudge job.Being charged and being convicted are two different things.Another anti Protestant bigot let off the hook and you can bet if it had the other way around the sectarian offence would have stuck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertz 78 918 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 The same rat who held up a banner promoting terrorism, got away with bigoted rants about Protestants online and was called an unrepentant bigot by several newspapers now gets only a 600 pound fine for a sickening verbal attack on Andy Goram????Only in Scotland could someone with such a vile history get away with a slap on the wrist. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
centenarystand 2,227 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Should have been straight to the electric chair for his type!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Wull 203 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Being charged and being convicted are two different things.Yup. The general public would probably be shocked at the number of cases in which pleas are negotiated between the prosecution and defence. It seems to me that that's what happened in this case. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al 55 9,241 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Yup. The general public would probably be shocked at the number of cases in which pleas are negotiated between the prosecution and defence. It seems to me that that's what happened in this case.What am I missing he was charged, he pled guilty and was fined £600 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre 1,663 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 What am I missing he was charged, he pled guilty and was fined £600What you're missing is that he has plead guilty to threatening and abusive behaviour but there was a clear religious aggravation which does not form part of his conviction. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonR 0 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 just watched the video , goram seemed to to take it well...he shoulda punched the cunts lights out Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al 55 9,241 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 What you're missing is that he has plead guilty to threatening and abusive behaviour but there was a clear religious aggravation which does not form part of his conviction.Cheers, I was under the impression when he was charged that clause was not reported to be included either. Subsequently it was then reported the religious aggravation clause had in fact been included. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalvinC 1,414 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Dobber Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamFyfe 1,438 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I'd of jailed the wee cunt Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
He's blue he's white 717 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Goram should've 'accidentally' bumbed into him, knocking his phone out of his hand; 'carelessly' stamp on it into bits then set aboot this inbreed cretin Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Wull 203 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 What am I missing he was charged, he pled guilty and was fined £600He doesn't seem to have been convicted of all of the offences he was charged with. It's very common for words to be deleted from a charge or for whole charges to be deleted by the prosecution in exchange for a guilty plea.Given the contents of the video posted on you tube, I am very surprised that he wasn't convicted of a religious aggravation of the charge. Calling someone a D.O.B. is about as clear a religious aggravation as you'll get. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbroxBurnzy 484 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Don't condone violence but he needs a good kick in the baws not a £600 pound fine he will pay back at £2 a month of his giro. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile 26,600 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 What am I missing he was charged, he pled guilty and was fined £600He's previous for this and the support for terrorism but stays out of jail. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FernandoR20 2,133 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I know of him. Fat scumbag wanker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al 55 9,241 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 He doesn't seem to have been convicted of all of the offences he was charged with. It's very common for words to be deleted from a charge or for whole charges to be deleted by the prosecution in exchange for a guilty plea.Given the contents of the video posted on you tube, I am very surprised that he wasn't convicted of a religious aggravation of the charge. Calling someone a D.O.B. is about as clear a religious aggravation as you'll get.Cheers. I remember the thread regarding the original thread people were up in arms and accusing the PF of all sorts of double standards only for it to come out later the charge did in fact have the religiously aggravated clause included.As you say it may have been quietly dropped for a guilty plea. Its all about money isn't it. The reduced costs if someone pleads guilty are taken into account. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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