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Jermain Defoe reveals his disgust at sick Sheffield Wednesday fan who mocked the death of Bradley Lowery... as the former Sunderland striker opens up on his 'special' relationship with the six-year-old cancer victim

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Jermain Defoe has revealed his disgust at the sick Sheffield Wednesday fan who taunted Sunderland supporters by mocking the death of Bradley Lowery.

Dale Houghton, 32, was seen laughing as he held up an image of the six-year-old cancer victim on his phone during a Championship match at Hillsborough in September. The yob was later given a 12-week suspended prison sentence.

Defoe struck up a special friendship with Bradley – who died from neuroblastoma in July 2017 - during his playing days at Sunderland.

Asked how he felt about what happened at Hillsborough, he told Mail Sport: ‘You just think, “What kind of world are we living in to do that?