You don’t know what you’re glueing
Morons sabotaged club gates with expanding foam then ran into cops
TWO men have admitted filling shutter doors at Ibrox Stadium with expanding foam before an Old Firm game.
Michael McKay, 23, of Johnstone, Renfrewshire, and Ryan Cross, 19, of Dunfermline, committed the crime on April 3 last year.
Between 50 and 60 individuals in black clothing wearing balaclavas turned up at the stadium in the early hours of the morning with the foam.
Prosecutor Redmond Harris said: “Both men were seen on CCTV taking part in vandalising blue shutter doors of the stadium. They put expandable foam around 26 blue doors.”
Security contacted the police who attended as the group were leaving in vehicles and making off.
Mr Harris said: “Cross was running in the direction of an unmarked police vehicle. He was apprehended and found in possession of expandable foam.
“He was noted to have foam on his clothing and was wearing medical gloves.”
University student McKay was found nearby in a silver Ford Fiesta with two cans of the foam.
He was also noted to have expandable foam on his clothing and he was arrested.
Celtic would go on to beat their Glasgow rivals Rangers 2-1 that day.
Mr Harris stated that he had no information on the cost of the damage. The first offenders pled guilty to malicious mischief.
Steven Breslin, 25, of Linwood, Renfrewshire, had his not guilty plea accepted by the Crown.
Isla Sinclair, defending both men, told Glasgow Sheriff Court: “This was entirely out of character and the behaviour was a one-off situation.
“It was an immature act which they both recognise would have serious consequences for them and present with a significant level of remorse. They are extremely ashamed with the way they have behaved.”
McKay and Cross had their sentences deferred pending background reports until next month by Sheriff Bernard Ablett.
He said: “It seems that was some sort of concerted incident. It simply cannot be a coincidence that 60 people descended on Ibrox on that time perhaps I can hear more about that on the next occasion.”
they are extremely ashamed with the way they behaved isla sinclair defending both men