Suspended sentence for father who racially abused England trio after Euro final
Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were the targets of racist abuse from father-of-three Bradford Pretty.
A father-of-three who posted an “abhorrent” video on Facebook racially abusing Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after the Euro 2020 final has been handed a suspended sentence.
Plasterer Bradford Pretty, 50, embarked on a drunken tirade against the three England players following the loss on penalties to Italy in July.
The clip – which includes him using two racist terms to describe the three young men – was uploaded to social media and attracted comments.
He was sentenced to 50 days in prison, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work.
Playing the video for the court, prosecutor Julie Farbrace said: “It shows him talking about the game… in particular talking about the England players who had missed a penalty at the final.
“In relation to the matter there were people who commented on the video, people who were upset about the word he put in there.”
In the video, an intoxicated Pretty can be heard saying: “Where do I start? Where do I start?
“So gutted like all of us.
He goes on to refer to Rashford, Sancho and Saka missing penalties and uses two racist terms to refer to them.
“I am so f****** sad. I am so f****** sad,” he adds at the end.
When challenged in the comments section of the video, Pretty apologised to anyone that was offended but railed against “political correctness”.
He added: “I am standing up and saying what I said for the weak ones…
“England till I die.”
He said Pretty had drank “15 or 16” cans of lager on the day of the final and was “clearly heavily intoxicated” in the video.
Mr Graham asked that his client be given credit for his early guilty plea.
Chairman of the bench Chris Mackenny told Pretty that his offending “clearly passes the custody threshold” but suspended the sentence of 50 days in prison for 12 months.
Pretty, of Folkestone in Kent, was told to complete 200 hours of unpaid work and must also pay prosecution costs and a court surcharge totalling £213.
England lost 3-2 on penalties to Italy after a 1-1 draw at Wembley in the final on July 11 this year. Rashford, Sancho and Saka all missed from the spot for England in the deciding shoot-out.
