Football fans handed banning orders following post-match disorder

Banning orders have been given to 16 football fans who were involved in a fight that broke out following Leicester City’s match on the final day of the season last year.

The men, aged between 18 and 64, have now all been sentenced at Leicester Magistrates’ Court and Leicester Crown Court for their part in the incident that occurred outside of a pub in Aylestone Road, Leicester - following the game between Leicester City and West Ham United on Sunday 28 May 2023.

Police were deployed to the disorder and the groups were separated to prevent a further breach of the peace. No injuries were reported.

Following the incident, officers carried out a number of enquiries to identify those involved and as part of the investigation 16 men were charged with public order offences.

All of the men pleaded guilty and since January they have been appearing in court to be sentenced. The final defendant was sentenced on Thursday (8 August).

They have each received a football banning order of between three and five years which prevents them attending any regulated football match in the UK and also prevents overseas travel when the team they support, or the national team, are playing in a different country.

Some of the men have also been banned from entering areas in Leicester on matchdays both before and after the game.

A full breakdown of the sentences is as follows:

The following 12 men have been sentenced after each pleaded guilty to an offence under section 4 of the Public Order Act 1986 – using threatening/ abusive/ insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear to of/ provoke unlawful violence:

-             Lloyd Bradbury, 49, of Rutland Avenue, Wigston, Leicestershire – given an eight-week custodial sentence suspended for 12 months, ordered to pay £85 costs and £154 victim surcharge and given a five-year football banning order

-             Teddy Carter-Leay, 18, Buttondene Crescent, Waltham Abbey, Broxbourne – given a 12-month community order, ordered to complete 120 hours of unpaid work , pay £85 costs and £114 victim surcharge and given a four-year football banning order

-             William Cartwright, 19, of Church Lane, Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicester – given a 10-week custodial sentence suspended for 12 months, ordered to pay £85 costs and £154 victim surcharge and given five-year football banning order

-             Paul Endall, 64, of Anglesey Road, Wigston, Leicestershire – given a 12-month community order, ordered to pay a £85 costs and £114 victim surcharge and given a three-year football banning order

-             Charlie Harvey, 23, of Westfield Avenue, Watford, Hertfordshire – given a 10-week custodial sentence suspended for 12 months, ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work and pay £85 costs and £154 victim surcharge and given and a five-year football banning order

-             Conner McCarthy, 28, of Leverstock Green Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire – ordered to pay a £700 fine, £85 costs and £280 victim surcharge and given a three-year football banning order

-             Jack Moore, 19, of Rosebarn Way, Leicester – given a 15-month custodial sentence and a five-year football banning order

-             Harvey Perrins, 19, of Brook Road, Leicester – given a 12-month community order, ordered to complete 120 hours of unpaid work, pay £85 costs and £95 victim surcharge and given a four-year football banning order

-             Bradley Waller, 27, of Butts End, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire – given a 12-month community order, ordered to complete 140 hours of unpaid work, pay £85 costs and £95 victim surcharge and given a four-year football banning order

-             Jack Webb, 20, of Tuffleys Way, Leicester – given a 12-month community order, 135 hours of unpaid work, ordered to pay £310 costs and £114 victim surcharge and given a three-year football banning order

-             Joseph Wignall, 32, of Lutterworth Road, Leicester – given a 21-week custodial sentence suspended for 18 months, ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work, pay £1000 fine, £300 costs and £154 victim surcharge and given a five-year football banning order

-             Cole Wood, 28, of Rushdon Close, Romford, Havering – given a 12-month community order, 140 hours of unpaid work, ordered to pay £85 cots and £95 victim surcharge and given four-year football banning order

The following four men have been sentenced after each pleaded guilty to an offence under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 – displaying threatening/ abusive/ insulting words or behaviour, or disorderly behaviour in a public place with the intent or likelihood of causing a breach of peace or harassment, alarm or distress to others:

-             Ted Derry, 24, of Blackbird Road, Leicester – ordered to pay £69 fine, £85 costs, a £27 victim surcharge and given a three-year football banning order

-             Todd Frake, 20, of Pine Close, Lutterworth, Leicestershire – ordered to pay £116 fine, £85 costs, a £46 victim surcharge and given a three-year football banning order

-             Loui Richards, 19, of Hawthorne Way, Shelley, Huddersfield – ordered to pay £200 fine, £85 costs and £34 victim surcharge and given a three-year football banning order

-             Tyler Smith, 21, of Royal Drive, Countesthorpe, Leicestershire – ordered to pay £400 fine, £85 costs and £40 victim surcharge and given a three-year football banning order

PC David Stevens, Leicestershire Police’s dedicated football officer, said: “Thousands of home and away fans attend the King Power Stadium and the surrounding city each season without any issue.  

“Unfortunately, there are a small number of people who choose to be violent and cause disorder. There is no place for this type of behaviour, and it will not be tolerated by police or the club. Anyone who is found to be involved in fighting could face being prosecuted and banned from attending matches in the future.”