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Aberdeen fan who struck and disfigured footballer Jack MacKenzie after throwing seat at game is jailed | UK News

Aberdeen fan who struck and disfigured footballer Jack MacKenzie after throwing seat at game is jailed | UK News

A football fan who left one of his players with a serious injury and permanent facial disfigurement after throwing part of a seat on to the pitch has been jailed for 18 months. David Gowans, 32, hurled the object following a league match between Aberdeen and Dundee United at Tannadice on 17 May 2025. Image: David Gowans leaving Dundee Sheriff Court in November. Pic: PA It struck then Aberdeen player Jack MacKenzie in the face, leaving him with a “deep 2in laceration” to his left eyebrow and a “5cm abrasion” below his left eye. The incident occurred as fans invaded the pitch following Dundee United’s 2-1 win – which secured them fourth spot in the Scottish Premiership and a place in Europe. Father-of-one Gowans, who was said to have been working as an offshore operator at the time, had been a member of the Aberdeen ultras supporters’ group. Sheriff Alastair Carmichael told him: “Your actions were selfish, stupid, dangerous and utterly irresponsible. “You must have known that by throwing this item it could hit somebody. …

Patriots Defensive Lineman Christian Barmore Accused of Throwing Girlfriend to the Ground

Patriots Defensive Lineman Christian Barmore Accused of Throwing Girlfriend to the Ground

New England Patriots defensive lineman Christian J. Barmore is facing a domestic assault and battery charge after his girlfriend told police he threw her to the ground in August at his home outside Boston. A criminal complaint issued Dec. 18 claims Barmore, 26, briefly took the woman’s phone, threw her to the ground and grabbed her by the shirt inside the home in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Mansfield Police Sgt. John Armstrong said the woman called police on Aug. 25 to report what had occurred almost three weeks earlier. The woman told police she had stayed at the home periodically during their relationship of several years. Barmore’s lawyer, David Meier, issued a statement Wednesday saying “the evidence will demonstrate that no criminal conduct took place.” Meier called it a personal matter and said he expected it to be “resolved in the near future and both parties will move forward together.” The woman told police she took their daughter early the morning of Aug. 8 into Barmore’s bedroom, where Barmore was upset because the thermostat was 2 degrees …