Trial told Celtic boss subjected to sectarian attack

A SECURITY director who “jumped on top” of a man accused of attacking Celtic manager Neil Lennon said he heard him shout a sectarian comment.

Peter Croy, aged 61, operations director for G4S stewarding and security company, was giving evidence at the trial of John Wilson, aged 26, who is accused of attacking Lennon at a Heart of Midlothian v Celtic match at Tynecastle on May 11. The attack is alleged to have been religiously aggravated.

At Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday, Croy, who was standing in the tunnel area, said he had noticed the man climbing over the fence from the stand and believed he was going to try to run on to the pitch.