A SHEFFIELD Wednesday fan from Barnsley who mocked the death of a rival team’s player has been sentenced.
Brandon Pedryc, 23, typed out ‘Where’s Baldock’ in large letters on his phone and waved it at Sheffield United fans during a match at Bramall Lane on November 11.
The message was referencing former Sheffield United player George Baldock who had died in Greece a month earlier at the age of 31.
District Judge Marcus Waite said he accepted Pedryc’s claim to police that he was responding to being pelted by coins and a bottle, as well as being spat on, by United fans who were in a tier of the stand above the visiting Wednesday supporters.
Pedryc admitted displaying writing, a sign or other visible representation which was threatening or abusive within the hearing or sight of a person likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
He was fined £300, ordered to pay £205 in costs and surcharges, and given a football banning order for three years.
