Burnley man who engaged in tragedy chanting in Manchester United fixture given football banning order
Billy Rambadt was standing outside a pub in Yorkshire Street, Burnley, at 5-32pm on September 23rd when he commited the offence.
As a group of Manchester United fans walked past 27-year-old Rambadt, he shouted ‘Munich’ and raised his arms in an aeroplane gesture – a reference to the 1958 Munich Air Disaster.
He was subsequently charged with using threatening or abusive words or behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
Rambadt, of Athletic Street, Burnley, was convicted of the offence at Blackburn Magistrates’ Court on Friday (February 16th). As well as being given the football banning order, he was fined £500, and told to pay £85 costs and a victim surcharge of £200.
Supt Melita Worswick, from the police’s Special Operations Team, said after the sentencing: “Rambadt’s conduct on that day was absolutely appalling and something that I know many people will find abhorrent.
