‘We will not tolerate this behaviour’: Football fan jailed for punching police horse

A man who punched a police horse then swung at her twice more, ahead of a much-anticipated football match, has been jailed for 20 months.

Derek Jennings, 53, of Laburnum Grove, Portsmouth, punched police horse Luna in the lead-up to the Carabao Cup, between Portsmouth and Southampton on 24 September last year.

Jennings appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court on Friday (31 July), having pleaded guilty to a charge of violent disorder at an earlier hearing.

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Article written by: Becky Murray