AN Aston Villa fan has been banned from games for three years for racially abusing England star Raheem Sterling.
Timothy Hyslop, 54, yelled a racist slur while the Chelsea man was on the ball during the first half of their Premier League clash in October.
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He admitted a racially aggravated section 5 public order offence at Birmingham magistrates’ court on Tuesday.
Hyslop, of Burton, Staffs, was given a three-year football banning order and ordered to pay fines and costs of £538.
PC Stuart Ward of West Midlands Police — the UK’s first dedicated football hate crime officer — said: “This kind of behaviour will not be tolerated.
“Abusing anyone for the colour of their skin is disgusting.
“There is no place for racism in football or society in general.”
