Friday, March 23, 2012

Football fan who streaked on pitch for £100 bet placed on Sex Offenders Register

A football fan who ran naked across the pitch during a Premiership match for a £100 bet has been put on the Sex Offenders Register. Unemployed Sam Gorman's genitals were clearly on show as he dashed out in front of thousands during the Aston Villa home game against Manchester City.



But magistrates took a dim view of his antics, ordering the 22-year-old to sign the Sex Offenders Register for two years after he admitted indecent exposure. Gorman, of Droitwich, Worcester, was also sentenced to an 18-month community order and told to £145 costs for the February 12 streak. Mumtaz Mirza, mitigating, told Birmingham magistrates: ‘He thought of the money and not of the consequences of his actions.



‘He accepts it was a foolish act. It was complete stupidity and he is ashamed. He has let his family down.’ Friend Louis Robinson, who made the wager, said: ‘It was the 75th minute and Shay Given was taking a goal kick. I bet him £100 to do a streak. He was going to run up to Mario Balotelli and give him some stick but Balotelli was not playing.

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‘He thought he would still do it anyway. The players looked absolutely disgusted. He’s not had the £100 but he’s had a couple of good nights out on it! He was like a celebrity down Broad Street.’ Jonathan Purser, prosecuting, said an officer at the match heard a cheer from the Doug Ellis Stand at 5.30pm and saw Gorman running on the pitch from the Holte End. ‘You could clearly see his genitals,’ said Mr Purser.

2 comments:

Sam said...

The players weren't disgusted - I swear the guy on the right in the first photo is grinning!
And the guy in the yellow jacket in the second photo is definitely copping a peek....
XD

Anonymous said...

Of for goodness' sake! Calm the freak down, people. Sex offender? I'm offended that you find a penis so threatening. No-one would've been close enough to see much anyway... and if seeing a nudie rudie human is so potentially appalling they should pass laws that we all must bathe fully dressed. The court has ruined this guy's life to what? Teach him not to streak again? It's a pretty much once-in-a-lifetime adventure anyway. I know who the knobs here are.