A law student has denied racially abusing former footballer Stan Collymore on Twitter. Joshua Cryer, 21, of Jesmond, appeared at Newcastle magistrates' court to face a public order charge after a complaint was made by Mr Collymore, who is now a radio...

Joshua Cryer, 21, of Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, faced a public order charge after a complaint from the football pundit. Cryer, a student at Newcastle University, appeared before city magistrates to deny sending messages that were 'grossly offensive'.

English football still lags far behind. Some of the reaction to the Suarez-Evra case has exposed how much of a problem racism still is in our game and society. I’m sure Barnes has seen some of the foul abuse directed at players and ex-players such as...

Joshua Cryer, 21, of Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, faced a public order charge following a complaint from the football pundit. Cryer, a student at Newcastle University, appeared before city magistrates to deny sending messages that were "grossly...

Joshua Cryer, of Coal Clough Lane, Burnley, appeared before Newcastle magistrates today accused of sending 'grossly offensive' messages on the social networking site. Former Nottingham Forest striker Stan Collymore now works as a broadcaster for talkSPORT.

Cryer, of Jesmond, Northumberland, pleaded not guilty at Newcastle magistrates court to a public order charge after the ex-Liverpool player lodged a complaint. Collymore said the Twitter messages were grossly offensive - but the law student denied he...