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Romaine Sawyers: Jail for Albion fan over Facebook racism

A football fan who racially abused West Bromwich Albion midfielder Romaine Sawyers on social media has been jailed for eight weeks.

A court heard Simon Silwood's Facebook message was intentionally racist and not the result of autocorrect.

Sawyers became aware of the post after his team were beaten 5-0 by Manchester City.

The 50-year-old, from Kingswinford, West Midlands, was also ordered to pay £500 in compensation to the player.

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