Pyrotechnics

[roversdude]

Can’t believe the courts have believed the story spun by a Crewe fan https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/crime/crewe-alexandra-fan-escapes-banning-order-after-throwing-flare-onto-pitch-during-doncaster-rovers-match-4127874

[Glyn_Wigley]

Even his own solicitor didn't believe it!

[normal rules]

i fully understand why pyro is a risk.i suffered a lung full at scunny  few seasons ago. but why is it so prevalent and apparently allowed in europe?

[TonySoprano]

Hardly the crime of the century is it ?
The pyro displays on the continent look great!

[normal rules]

Hardly the crime of the century is it ?
The pyro displays on the continent look great!

I'm a pragmatic kinda guy. I see the appeal and the visual spectacle they create.
consider someone who has asthma though? or lung disease like copd?

[Chris Black come back]

There must be a market for a lower risk version.

[roversdude]

Sorry guys it wasn’t about the danger of pyros more how it was dealt with by the court

[normal rules]

Sorry guys it wasn’t about the danger of pyros more how it was dealt with by the court

you'd be amazed what yarns get spun at court

[rich1471]

When your own solcitor gives evidence against you in court and you still get off something is wrong

[Avsuptem]

Apparently a muffled titter ran around the court room when he gave his evidence but the police apprehended him.

[Glyn_Wigley]

Hardly the crime of the century is it ?
The pyro displays on the continent look great!

But they ain't in the hands of the t**ts we have in this country.

[Muttley]

When your own solcitor gives evidence against you in court and you still get off something is wrong

In what way did he "get off"? He was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine and costs.

[Filo]

Using his disability is no excuse for committing a crime

[roversdude]

No banning order !!! Although Crewe gave one later on

[Filo]

The Magistrate must be a soft touch

[Dr Fundlekrotch]

i fully understand why pyro is a risk.i suffered a lung full at scunny  few seasons ago. but why is it so prevalent and apparently allowed in europe?

They're not allowed in Europe, generally.  Certainly in France, there are deals between the supporters groups and their clubs as to how the weekly fines are dealt with and who pays.

[rich1471]

When your own solcitor gives evidence against you in court and you still get off something is wrong

In what way did he "get off"? He was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine and costs.

£150 in total might as well told him to do litter picking ,pryos are horrible ,the smoke and smell they give off chokes you even at a distance

[roversdude]

Makes a mockery of clubs trying to stop them being taken into grounds

[Beerseller]

When your own solcitor gives evidence against you in court and you still get off something is wrong

In what way did he "get off"? He was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine and costs.

He wasn't found guilty, he pleaded guilty. 

His solicitor didn't give evidence against him.

What would have happened is that the initial excuse he gave in the ground would be part of the explanation of the offence read out by the prosecution solicitor to the magistrates.  The defence solicitor, in mitigation after the guilty plea, acknowledged the initial excuse was incorrect on the evidence provided.