Teenager banned from Premier League football grounds over sectarian singing claims

STV

A teenage football fan has been banned from all Scottish Premier League football grounds after being charged with singing sectarian songs at a match.

Connor McGhie was also barred from attending Scotland's national Hampden Park stadium when he appeared from custody at Inverness Sheriff Court on Monday.

The 18-year-old was arrested during Sunday's SPL match between Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC and Rangers.

He was charged with behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and causing fear or alarm by repeatedly singing abusive and sectarian songs.

McGhie, of Castleknowe, Carluke, denies the charge, which alleges that the offence was racially motivated.

Sheriff Margaret Neilson granted bail on the condition that McGhie does not enter any SPL stadium, or the national stadium. Trial was set for July 4.