“The arrest has been made in connection with our investigation of a video on social media of a man being subjected to harassment whilst taking his seat on board an aeroplane before it departed from Stansted Airport on 4th November,” Essex Police said in a statement Saturday after the second arrest.
A man being arrested at Stansted Airport on November 5, 2021. (Essex Police)
The outcome of the case could lead to longer-term bans for the fans from the east London club, which has condemned the incident.
“I don’t see our football club being like that. We are a diverse football club. There’s no room for discrimination anywhere,” manager David Moyes said Friday, according to the Jewish News.
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