Manchester City fan daubed neighbours' fence with vile slur after learning they support Man United
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA Manchester City fan daubed his neighbours' garden fence with a vile Munich air disaster jibe after learning they supported Manchester United, a court heard.
Michael Hatton became involved in a bitter feud with his neighbours in the Hollins area of Oldham. The 63-year-old had fallen out with the victims - a man and his girlfriend - over a wooden fence he had put up between their front gardens, a court was told.
As tensions escalated, Hatton painted '58' - in reference to the 1958 Munich air crash which killed eight Busby Babes - onto the fence.
He also daubed the words 'City rule OK, 'United are s***' and 'f*** off' with paint. READ NEXT: Dad 'stabbed' by teen pictured wearing balaclava and holding knife days before, trial hears In another incident, when the couple were accused of playing loud music late at night, Hatton, a self-employed painter and decorator who lives with his wife, got out his electric drill at 5.45am the following morning and affixed 27 screws to the fence.
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