Forest fan given 24-week sentence for Sharp attack

A 30-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed for 24 weeks after headbutting Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp following Tuesday’s Sky Bet Championship play-off semi-final second leg at Nottingham Forest’s City Ground. Robert Biggs, a Forest season-ticket holder from Ilkeston, Derbyshire, admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm which left Sharp requiring four stitches to his lip. Prosecutors told Nottingham magistrates court: ‘Mr Biggs can be seen to run along the pitch. He then headbutts Mr Sharp.’ ‘The Crown’s case is that this is a deliberate and senseless act of violence.’ Biggs did not oppose an application for a football banning order during the hearing. A separate charge of illegally entering the playing surface had been dropped.