Teh One Who Knocks
05-02-2014, 11:18 AM
By Paul Britton - The Mirror
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A mum and dad who spat at and grabbed a teenage referee by the throat at their son's under-9s football match have been convicted.
Mum Oksana Karaliova was sent from the sidelines before she spat in the young ref's face twice afterwards.
Her husband Lazaro Garcia was also given his marching orders before he too approached the official and grabbed him by the throat.
Angered by what they felt were poor decisions made by the 16-year-old they also subjected him to a tirade of foul-mouthed abuse.
The couple denied common assault but were found guilty after a day-long trial at Manchester magistrates court.
The Manchester Evening News reports that the shocking violence took place in November, during and after a junior league game between Barr Hill Under 9s and Moorside Rangers Under 9s at Barr Hill Playing Fields in Salford.
The court heard that the ugly scenes were witnessed by eight-year-olds and reported to police, who launched an immediate investigation backed by the Football Association.
Giving evidence the young ref, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the court he had been qualified for three years and that parents and the two clubs were fully aware of the FA’s Respect code of conduct and campaign.
He said trouble flared after a tackle he left unpunished because he believed the young player had slipped. Karaliova, a mature student at Salford University, began to hurl obscenities at him.
The teenager said: “I walked up to the lady and said what did you say? She said ‘are you ******* serious? You are a ******* ******* and you do not know what you are doing.”
He told the court that he sent her off but she refused to go and then lit a cigarette.
Karaliova, the ref went on, told him that she would be waiting for him at the end of the match and demanded that he gave her his contact details and his address.
The court heard Garcia was also sent off by the referee after he questioned his reasoning for giving his wife a red card, saying: “Is this a ******* joke?”
The ref said: “They had no respect for what I was doing. I felt really intimidated and I didn’t know what was going to happen at the end. I was on my own.”
The ref, now 17, said Karaliova approached him as he walked back to the clubhouse after the game and said ‘I have got something for you referee’ before she spat in his face.
He said he tried to stop her walking off and Garcia approached.
The ref said: “He grabbed me by the throat and at that point was threatening me and shouting at my face. His wife came over my shoulder and spat in my face again. I didn’t know what they were going to do. I rang my dad straight away.”
The teenager has now quit full-time refereeing because of the incident.
The pair were released on bail and will be sentenced on June 2.
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A mum and dad who spat at and grabbed a teenage referee by the throat at their son's under-9s football match have been convicted.
Mum Oksana Karaliova was sent from the sidelines before she spat in the young ref's face twice afterwards.
Her husband Lazaro Garcia was also given his marching orders before he too approached the official and grabbed him by the throat.
Angered by what they felt were poor decisions made by the 16-year-old they also subjected him to a tirade of foul-mouthed abuse.
The couple denied common assault but were found guilty after a day-long trial at Manchester magistrates court.
The Manchester Evening News reports that the shocking violence took place in November, during and after a junior league game between Barr Hill Under 9s and Moorside Rangers Under 9s at Barr Hill Playing Fields in Salford.
The court heard that the ugly scenes were witnessed by eight-year-olds and reported to police, who launched an immediate investigation backed by the Football Association.
Giving evidence the young ref, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the court he had been qualified for three years and that parents and the two clubs were fully aware of the FA’s Respect code of conduct and campaign.
He said trouble flared after a tackle he left unpunished because he believed the young player had slipped. Karaliova, a mature student at Salford University, began to hurl obscenities at him.
The teenager said: “I walked up to the lady and said what did you say? She said ‘are you ******* serious? You are a ******* ******* and you do not know what you are doing.”
He told the court that he sent her off but she refused to go and then lit a cigarette.
Karaliova, the ref went on, told him that she would be waiting for him at the end of the match and demanded that he gave her his contact details and his address.
The court heard Garcia was also sent off by the referee after he questioned his reasoning for giving his wife a red card, saying: “Is this a ******* joke?”
The ref said: “They had no respect for what I was doing. I felt really intimidated and I didn’t know what was going to happen at the end. I was on my own.”
The ref, now 17, said Karaliova approached him as he walked back to the clubhouse after the game and said ‘I have got something for you referee’ before she spat in his face.
He said he tried to stop her walking off and Garcia approached.
The ref said: “He grabbed me by the throat and at that point was threatening me and shouting at my face. His wife came over my shoulder and spat in my face again. I didn’t know what they were going to do. I rang my dad straight away.”
The teenager has now quit full-time refereeing because of the incident.
The pair were released on bail and will be sentenced on June 2.