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Son Heung-min: Crystal Palace fan gets three-year ban for racially abusing Tottenham forward

A Crystal Palace fan has received a three-year ban from football for racially abusing Tottenham and South Korea forward Son Heung-min.

Robert Garland pleaded guilty to racially aggravated harassment in August after shouting and gesturing towards Son at Selhurst Park in May.

He was initially sentenced to 60 hours of unpaid work and fined £1,384.

However, Spurs and the Metropolitan Police appealed to the UK Football Policing Unit over the sentence.

"The Metropolitan Police, supported by the club, approached the UK Football Policing Unit to seek an appeal against the sentence and, as a direct result, the court issued the supporter with a three-year football banning order," Tottenham said in a statement on Wednesday.