A 14-year-old boy has handed himself into West Midlands Police after a social media video appeared to show a fan taunting Sunderland with a photo of Bradley Lowery during Saturday's Premier League match. The teenager will be spoken with in due course regarding the incident at Coventry City's stadium. Sunderland fan Bradley died aged six in 2017 from neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer.
Coventry City confirmed on Sunday they were investigating the footage while Bradley's mother, Gemma, released a statement through the Bradley Lowery Foundation. Gemma described the video as heartbreaking, saying her "beautiful boy deserves to be remembered with love, not hate." She shared that the photograph used shows Bradley happy and smiling, moments that were precious as his short life was spent battling cancer and enduring treatments no child should face. She appealed for football banter to not mock a child who died from cancer, hoping the club takes appropriate action and the young fan's family helps him understand the hurt caused.
West Midlands Police confirmed an investigation is underway and are working closely with both football clubs.
Source: BBC Sport Football · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing