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Man admits offensive post over football fan death

A man has admitted sharing an offensive online message which seemingly mocked the death of a football fan who died at a Sheffield Wednesday game.

West Brom supporter Mark Townsend died after suffering a medical episode at the Leppings Lane end of Sheffield's Hillsborough Stadium in September.

Sheffield magistrates heard how Richard Crisp took to X, formerly Twitter, and made reference to the Hillsborough disaster which killed 97 Liverpool fans.

On Monday, Crisp, 55, of Lennox Road, Hillsborough, admitted sending communications of an indecent or offensive nature and was told he would be sentenced in January.