Soccer: Campaigner welcomes bid to outlaw sectarianism

The friend of a teenager murdered for wearing a Celtic top has welcomed moves by a backbench MSP to make sectarianism a criminal offence.

The friend of a teenager murdered for wearing a Celtic top has welcomed moves by a backbench MSP to make sectarianism a criminal offence.

Cara Henderson, who set up the anti-sectarianism group Nil By Mouth after her friend Mark Scott was killed, said the move will encourage a more open debate on religious intolerance in Scotland.

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