The Chronicle (UK)

Fan jailed for attack

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A NOTTINGHAM Forest football fan was jailed for headbuttin­g Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp at Tuesday’s match, after downing seven pints.

Forest season ticket holder Robert Biggs, 30, admitted assault occasionin­g actual bodily harm at the team’s City Ground, which left Sharp requiring four stitches to a wound to his lip.

Biggs, a £55,000-a-year electrical engineer, was jailed at Nottingham Magistrate­s’ Court for 24 weeks and handed a 10-year football banning order.

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