Rangers fans get match ban ahead of trial

By The Newsroom
Published 27th Sep 2011, 01:58 BST
THREE Rangers fans accused of sectarian breach of the peace during the club’s match at Dunfermline at the weekend have been banned from attending any professional football match in Scotland while they wait for trial.

Brian Gilmour and Stuart Robertson, both 21, and Derek Johnston, 19, all pleaded not guilty at Dunfermline Sheriff Court yesterday to shouting and swearing and uttering religious abuse during the game at Dunfermline’s East End Park on Saturday.

Gilmour, a bus company parts man, of Burnbury, East Kilbride; Johnston, a mechanical engineer, of Bonnyhome Avenue, Glasgow; and Robertson, an industrial estate worker, of Marsh Place, Port Letham, Aberdeenshire, appeared from custody.

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All were released on standard bail conditions, plus extra conditions banning them from attending any SPL, Scottish Football League, or Scottish national team games. They will also have to report to a designated police station in the first half of any Rangers game, home or away.