Football fans upset by chants from rival supporters forced their way into a flat and stole an X-box from a teenager, a court heard.
Bradford Crown Court was told yesterday that the 17-year-old victim and two friends had shouted their support for Tottenham as a group of Leeds United fans passed his flat in Haworth.
Prosecutor Louise Azmi said one of the youths, 21-year-old Nathan License, went upstairs, followed by others, including Luke Narey, 20. He emerged from the flat, hunched up and appeared to be concealing something. The victim found his X-box had been stolen.
Police found the X-box at a neighbouring flat. It bore License’s fingerprints. Narey, of North Dean Avenue, Braithwaite, Keighley, who was already serving a 14-month custodial sentence for affray, pleaded guilty to burglary and was given a ten-month concurrent youth custody sentence.
License, of Ivy Lane, Allerton, Bradford, pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods and was given a conditional discharge for 18 months and ordered him to pay £100 towards prosecution costs.
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