Wigan football fan admits trying to smuggle flare into Premier League game

A Wigan man has admitted to trying to smuggle a flare into a Premier League football game at Crystal Palace.
By Charles Graham
Published 23rd Apr 2022, 12:30 BST
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Luke Dwyer, 29, of Sunnyside Road, Ashton, stood before borough justices to plead guilty to the offence committed under the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc) Act of 1985 at Selhurst Park, London, on January 23.

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The hearing was told that the incendiary device was found on Dwyer as he tried to enter the stadium via gate six of the ground before Palace's 1-3 league defeat to Liverpool. The act prohibits the bringing of flares to designated sports grounds and to designated matches.

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He also admitted to committing the offence while serving a suspended sentence for dangerous driving handed down by a Liverpool judge in March last year.

The Wigan bench sent the case to the city's crown court for sentencing on May 25. Dwyer is on conditional bail until then.