Wigan football fan who brought a flare to a Premier League game is jailed

A Wigan man who tried to smuggle a flare into a Premier League football game at Crystal Palace has been jailed for six months.

By Charles Graham

Published 31st May 2022, 04:55 BST

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Luke Dwyer, 29, of Sunnyside Road, Ashton, had previously stood before justices to plead guilty to the offence committed under the Sporting Events 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 before Palace's 1-3 league defeat to Liverpool.

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

Wigan football fan who brought a flare to a Premier League game is jailed

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

Returning to Liverpool Crown Court for sentencing, he was given a six-month custodial term due to the suspended sentence breach.