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Raheem Sterling: Fan banned for racial abuse at Villa Park

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A man who racially abused footballer Raheem Sterling during a game at Villa Park has been given a three-year banning order.

Timothy Hyslop shouted at the Chelsea and England player during the first half of a Premier League clash with Aston Villa on 16 October.

The 54-year-old, from Staffordshire, was charged with a racially aggravated public order offence.

He admitted the charge at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

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Raheem Sterling was racially abused during Chelsea's October clash with Aston Villa

Hyslop, of Britannia Drive in Burton upon Trent, was also ordered to pay fines and court costs totalling £538.