Six men banned from attending football matches after violence in Norwich
It happened after a match between Norwich City and Birmingham City
Six men from in and around Birmingham have been banned from attending football matches, after violent disorder and criminal damage in Norwich last year following a game with Norwich City Football Club.
It happened at a restaurant in Thorpe Road on 30 September 2023, when the men were violent towards people sitting outside and customers inside a restaurant, after a match between Norwich City FC and Birmingham City FC.
The restaurant’s glassware, ornaments, crockery, and windows were also damaged.
63 year-old Mark Parton, of Northumberland Way, Walsall, 41 year-old William Jordan, of Old Meadow, Birmingham, Andrew Parkes, 20, of Morley Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield and Gary Kemp, 58, of Redditch Road, Kings Norton, were given three-year banning orders.
32 year-old Craig Taylor, of Formans, Sparkhill, Birmingham, has been handed a four-year banning order.
They were sentenced at Norwich Magistrates' Court earlier this week, all having previously pleaded guilty to using threatening behaviour.
Dean Sheppard, 54, of Quinton Road, Birmingham, who previously pleaded guilty to criminal damage and using threatening behaviour, was given a five-year banning order for his part in the violence.
In addition to the football banning orders:
- Jordan was given a 12-month community order and ordered to carry out 80 hours of unpaid work.
- Kemp was given a 12-month community order and ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work.
- Parton received an eight-week suspended sentence for 12 months.
- Sheppard was given an 18-week suspended sentence for 18 months and ordered to carry out 100 hours unpaid work.
- Taylor received a 12-month community order and ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work.
- Parkes was given a 12-month community order and ordered to do 80 hours unpaid work.