Man ‘carried out lowest racial taunt’ by throwing banana at player

A soccer fan, whose brother once got a youth trial with Manchester United, was told by a judge he had carried out the lowest form of racial taunt when throwing a banana at a black player.

The incident occurred during a friendly soccer game at Thomond Park last August between Limerick FC and Manchester City.

Judge Eugene O’Kelly told Kelvin Reynolds: “Save for [Reynolds] acting like a monkey; throwing a banana was the lowest taunt.”