Nottingham Forest fan jailed for head-butting Sheffield United player

LONDON: A Nottingham Forest fan who head-butted Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp during a pitch invasion has been jailed for 24 weeks and been handed a 10-year football banning order, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Thursday.

Robert Biggs, 30, invaded the pitch after Forest won their Championship playoff semi-final against United and made a beeline for Sharp, who was standing by the touchline before he was knocked to the ground.

The CPS authorised charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and Biggs pleaded guilty.

"This was an extremely serious and unprovoked assault with a professional footballer standing at the side of the pitch left requiring stitches," Marianne Connally from the CPS said. Agencies

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