14 days ago
Irish Mirror
In the written reasons for his suspension published on Monday, the FA said: “We have accepted that Mr Yems is not a conscious racist. (Image: Steve Bardens/Getty Images)The report said: “Mr Yems' 'banter' undoubtedly came across to the victims and others as offensive, racist and Islamophobic. Mr Yems simply paid no regard to the distress which his misplaced jocularity was causing.”But the written reasons added: “We are confident that Mr Yems as a person is not a racist. Probably, Mr Yems gave no thought at all to the effect of his language on those at whom the 'jokes' were aimed. (Image: Getty Images)“In our view, Mr Yems was not deliberately lying in his evidence about not having said many of the things alleged.
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