12/03/2015

Summonses Issued For Five Men Over Paris Metro Incident

The Metropolitan Police have issued summonses in connection with racist chanting on the Paris Metro ahead of a Chelsea game in February.

It is understood the summonses are related to a police application for football banning orders.

The men are required to appear before Waltham Forest Magistrates' Court on 25 March.

(MH/CD)

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