Court drops case of hearse pushed onto soccer pitch attributable to ‘lack of evidence’
A person who drove a hearse onto a non-league soccer pitch will face no additional motion attributable to a scarcity of proof.
Darren Kay, 29, confronted a cost of prison harm to property valued beneath £5,000 and one cost of threatening/abusive/insulting phrases or behaviour to trigger harassment, alarm or misery. The alleged fees involved an incident on July 21 2023, which noticed a pre-season soccer match between Dunston UTS and Gateshead deserted at half-time after males driving a funeral hearse and a Subaru drove onto a pitch.
After driving spherical in circles on the sector of play, a gaggle of males carrying balaclavas left the autos and chucked leaflets onto the pitch, earlier than rushing away within the Subaru. However, the prosecution of the case selected to not pursue a conviction at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court in South Shields on Friday.
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Mr Kay was attributable to attend a plea listening to on the Magistrates’ Court, however was ultimately not required because the case was discontinued. Prosecutor Stephanie Cook mentioned: “The defendant is not here. The Crown has discontinued the case due to an unrealistic chance of conviction.”
Before it was formally discontinued, Mr Kay’s defence, Robin Ford, additionally addressed the magistrates, saying: “There isn’t enough evidence and there never has been.” While the case didn’t result in any convictions, residents is not going to overlook the match in a rush.
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An eye-witness, who selected to not be recognized, informed Daily Star Sport: “There is a little bit of an altercation between two guys making an attempt to shut the gate, however they had been adamant to open the gate. Then the primary automobile comes flying out.
“There are loads of people around, kids, men, women. It goes flying through the fence onto the pitch, starts doing donuts, then the hearse comes out. Two guys jump out the hearse, jump into the car and reverse their way back out.
“By this point, the gate is shut and they drive through the closed gate. At that level of football, you don’t get security.
“It took about 10 minutes earlier than police got here, then there have been seven or eight police vehicles and a helicopter. It was scary. You have gotten younger youngsters there.”
