When this idiot decided to put on an incredibly offensive t-shirt (which I presume he made himself due to the missing apostrophe) he probably didn't bargain on the absolute shitstorm that was about to befall him.
Paul Grange, 50, pleaded guilty to a charge of displaying abusive writing likely to cause distress when he faced Worcester Magistrates' Court.
He wore the t-shirt in Worcester-based Brewers Arms beer garden on May 29, and a picture was promptly snapped and uploaded to Twitter, where it spread like wildfire.
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Apparently, his name and address were leaked onto social media, and pranksters claimed to have had 25 cement mixers, a male prostitute, four taxis, a package of poo, a crane and £600 worth of Viagra delivered to his house. Along with a load of other random shit.
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Grange represented himself in court, and said that he realised the hurt that he'd caused by wearing the offending shirt. ITV reported that he said: "Because of my own actions, I have lost my home, my job, my friends, my family and relationship. And it's deserved - I don't think it's any less than I deserve."
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He was also made to listen to a victim impact statement from a woman whose brother died at Hillsborough. Upon hearing this, he said: "Hearing that statement, it's hit home, the personal effect of it.
"It [the T-shirt] was only supposed to be between friends. And until it went public I didn't realise how badly it affected people."
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He was fined £600 as well as ordered to pay a £60 victim surcharge and £135 in costs.
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Fingers crossed that others will learn from this example.
Words by Mel Ramsay
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