Leicester fan sentenced after swinging punches at Nottingham Forest players

A Leicester fan has been sentenced to four months in youth custody after he jumped the advertising boards and “swung punches” at three celebrating Nottingham Forest players.

Apprentice carpenter Cameron Toner admitted three charges of assault by beating following the incident during the FA Cup fourth round game between the East Midlands rivals at the City Ground in Nottingham on February 6 this year.

Nottingham Magistrates’ Court heard the 19-year-old “took exception” to Forest players Djed Spence, Brennan Johnson and Keinan Davis celebrating their third goal of the game and “entered their place of work with the malevolence of a bad loser”.

The court was told Toner had drunk four pints of Stella and had a vodka and Southern Comfort cocktail before the game, which ended in a 4-1 win for the Championship side.

Toner, of Whetstone, Leicester, was also handed a 10-year football banning order after admitting a separate charge of going on to a playing area at a football match.

Sentencing Toner on Thursday, District Judge Leo Pyle said: “Yes, it was a local derby, but you knew you had the possibility of the euphoria of a win or the devastation of a loss.

“Nobody is entitled to enter the field of play apart from the officials and the young men… who have exceptional talent and become footballers.

“You entered their place of work with the malevolence of a bad loser.

“It was a determined attack on Forest players and, in my view, it was cowardly.”

Judge Pyle added that Toner’s actions were “frankly an outrage and could have easily sparked public disorder”.

You entered their place of work with the malevolence of a bad loser- District Judge Leo Pyle

Outlining the facts of the case, prosecutor Sanjay Jerath said: “The match had already