Attack was tipping point, says Lennon

CELTIC Football Club manager Neil Lennon told a court yesterday that an alleged religiously aggravated attack on him was the “tipping point” in a season that saw him being threatened with bombs and bullets.

Mr Lennon was giving evidence in the trial of John Wilson, 26, of Edinburgh, who is accused of attacking him at a crucial Heart of Midlothian v Celtic match at Tynecastle Stadium on May 11 this year.

Mr Lennon described the fixture as “a muscling game”.