The 18-year-old gamer who sent a tirade of racist messages to the footballer Ian Wright after being let down by a game version of the star on his PlayStation was yesterday told he had been forgiven. Patrick O'Brien, from Tralee, County Kerry, sent 20 vile Instagram messages to the Match of the Day presenter, 57, before handing himself into police after Wright shared the messages online. In a statement, seen by The Sun, Wright told the court: 'I have experienced racism years ago but I am in complete shock to experience it now and am very disappointed.' Earlier this year, the football pundit took to Twitter to share the racist slurs he had been sent on Instagram. He shared messages that contained significant racist abuse and which saw him labelled a 'f***ing monkey', a 'n****r' and a 'cotton picking black c***t'.

Source: Daily Mail November 26, 2020 02:09 UTC