Man Who Posted Racist Messages About England's Jess Carter on TikTok Receives Suspended Sentence

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A 60-year-old man, Nigel Dewale, has received a suspended prison sentence for sending offensive messages about England international Jess Carter on TikTok during the European Championship. Dewale was sentenced to six weeks, suspended for 12 months, and received a four-year football banning order and a 10-day rehabilitation programme.

A 60-year-old man has received a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to sending offensive messages about England international Jess Carter during the European Championship last summer.

Nigel Dewale, of Great Harwood in Lancashire, was sentenced to six weeks, suspended for 12 months, after a hearing at Blackburn magistrates court. He also received a four-year football banning order and a requirement to engage in a 10-day rehabilitation programme.

Dewale had admitted to sending 'malicious communications' on TikTok and was identified as the author of two posts that used both racist and misogynist language.

The deputy director of the UK Football Policing Unit, Mike Ankers, welcomed the verdict and praised the determination of Carter and the rest of the Lionesses to stand up to online abuse.

Ankers said he believed there continued to be substantial underreporting of the online abuse directed at athletes and called for social media companies to be held accountable for sharing identifying information of account holders suspected of hate speech.