Six men banned from football matches after Norwich violence | News

It happened after a match between Norwich City and Birmingham City

Six men from and around Birmingham have been banned from attending football matches following violent disorder and criminal damage in Norwich last year following a match with Norwich City Football Club.

It happened at a restaurant in Thorpe Road on September 30, 2023, when the men were violent towards people sitting outside and customers inside a restaurant after a match between Norwich City FC and Birmingham City FC.

The restaurant’s glassware, ornaments, crockery and windows were also damaged.

Mark Parton, 63, of Northumberland Way, Walsall, William Jordan, 41, of Old Meadow, Birmingham, Andrew Parkes, 20, of Morley Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield and Gary Kemp, 58, of Redditch Road, Kings Norton was given a three-year banning order.

Craig Taylor, 32, of Formans, Sparkhill, Birmingham, was given a four-year banning order.

They were sentenced at Norwich Magistrates’ Court earlier this week, having all previously pleaded guilty to using threatening behaviour.

Dean Sheppard, 54, of Quinton Road, Birmingham, who previously pleaded guilty to criminal damage and using threatening behaviour, was given a five-year banning order for his role in the violence.

In addition to football banning orders:

• Jordan was given a 12-month community order and ordered to carry out 80 hours of unpaid work.

• Kemp was given a 12-month community order and ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work.

• Parton received an eight-week sentence suspended for 12 months.

• Sheppard was given an 18-week sentence suspended for 18 months and ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work.

• Taylor was given a 12-month community order and ordered to do 200 hours of unpaid work.

• Parkes was given a 12-month community order and ordered to do 80 hours of unpaid work.

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