Man Held Over Semenyo Racist Abuse Report Bailed

3 weeks ago

Dan Wareing

BBC News, Liverpool

Reuters Semenyo celebrating aft scoring for Bournemouth. He had short dreadlocked hairsbreadth and a acheronian brownish beard. He was wearing his acheronian bluish and achromatic Bournemouth distant kit.

A man who was arrested connected suspicion of racially abusing Bournemouth guardant Antoine Semenyo during nan opening lucifer of nan Premier League play astatine Anfield has been bailed.

The Cherries' Friday crippled against Liverpool was concisely halted successful nan 29th infinitesimal aft Semenyo flagged it up to nan referee.

A 47-year-old man from Liverpool, who was arrested connected suspicion of a racially aggravated nationalist bid offence, has been conditionally bailed, Merseyside Police said.

The conditions see a prohibition connected attending immoderate regulated shot lucifer successful nan UK and not going wrong 1 mile of a designated shot stadium.

The unit said nan investigation into nan incident was ongoing and it was moving intimately pinch Liverpool Football Club.