Not sure if this has been posted.
In short, remanded in custody for about a month if I am reading this correctly. That seems a bit harsh considering this guy saved Ally McCoist's life.
He's had difficulties with drugs over the past few years apparently. That's the bit that really surprised me.
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A CELTIC fan is behind bars after admitting abusing Rangers stars Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent on Twitter just hours after the New Year Old Firm game.
Steven Pettigrew, 34, hit out at English winger Kent, and Colombian striker Morelos, both 23, after the Ibrox pair starred in Rangers 2-1 win at Celtic Park.
Pettigrew had been at the December 29 match, where Kent scored the opener and Morelos was sent off, with one of his four children.
Following the match, Pettigrew took to Twitter and posted: "Kent Morelos your nice and safe on that pitch but me and my pals banged into Ally McCoist one night on a train from Glasgow and calmer heads talked us out of slashing him.
"But if you two are spotted a bet you get it right in the throat ya c***."
He deleted the Tweet but posted later: "Listen to all you bangers on your moral high horse today.
"1. We did see McCoist on a train about 17 years ago and someone in the group said let’s attack him, and he was quickly told to behave.
"2. We're always threatening people when we lose, this is the mob sending bombs to a Celtic manger yous hated for being an Irish catholic and others, were was your outrage then?
"On claim Morelos was racially abused when half our team are black, a Muslim a Jew, but throat cutting is just a culture thing.
"F*** off the lot of yous. F*** Morelos and Kent."
The Tweets were reported to police and Pettigrew handed himself in to officers on Thursday night.
He spent the night in police custody and was led in to the dock at Greenock Sheriff Court in handcuffs late on Friday afternoon.
He pleaded guilty over the online abuse, admitting breaching Section 38(1) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010, by "behaving in a threatening or abusive manner within posts on social media, namely Twitter, which contained threatening and offensive remarks directed to Ryan Kent and Alfredo Morelos, both employees of Rangers Football Club."
The Rangers stars were named on court papers as "care of The Police Service of Scotland."
Defence solicitor David Tod told Sheriff Michael Higgins that Pettigrew "has had considerable difficulties with drugs over the years" but had managed to stay out of trouble over the previous few years.
The lawyer added: "He handed himself in last night when he learned the police were looking for him.
Sheriff Higgins remanded Pettigrew in custody without having the facts of the case narrated to him.
He called for background reports to be prepared ahead of sentencing, and adjourned the case until next month for that to be done.
He said: "For those reasons, you'll be remanded in custody. It's in the public interest."
Both Celtic and Rangers fans were quick to hit out at the troll for his tweets, and Pettigrew could be caged for as long as 18 months for the Tweets when sentenced next month.