Rangers fans guilty of Lennon assault

Two Rangers fans were found guilty today of assaulting former Celtic captain Neil Lennon.

A jury found Jeffrey Carrigan (aged 43) and David Whitelaw (aged 47) both of Knightswood in Glasgow, guilty by majority verdict at the city’s Sheriff Court.

Part of the charge, that the attack was aggravated by religious prejudice, was dropped.

Lennon (aged 37) now a coach at the Glasgow club, needed hospital treatment after the attack in the early hours of September 1 last year.

Lennon had been out in the west end of Glasgow following his side's defeat to Old Firm rivals Rangers.

Carrigan and Whitelaw did not deny getting into a fight with Lennon, but claimed he was the initial aggressor.

They told the court the football coach started the fight after Carrigan asked him if he enjoyed the day’s game.

Sheriff Martin Jones jailed both men for two years each.