Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
67/100
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Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Mark Mogan, 47, is accused of shouting a racial slur at the then-Bournemouth player as he went to take a throw-in about 30 minutes into the opening match of the Premier League season on August 15 last year.
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he → accuse → August
Semenyo, who now plays for Manchester City, had been due to give evidence over a videolink at the Liverpool Magistrates’ Court trial on Wednesday afternoon, having had a work commitment which prevented him from appearing in the morning.
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which → play → morning
But Mogan, who the court previously heard has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, suffered a seizure in the lunch break of proceedings and was taken to hospital by ambulance.
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who → hear → ambulance
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An application to proceed with the trial in his absence was refused by District Judge Mary Dowrick.
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application → read → Dowrick
The trial is expected to continue at a later date.
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trial → expect → date
Earlier on Wednesday, Simon Jones, prosecuting, told the court Semenyo “froze” after he heard Mogan shout: “Hurry up and take the throw-in, you black bastard.”
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Mogan → prosecute → in
He said: “That racial abuse was shouted directly at Antoine Semenyo, who was close to him.
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who → say → him
Mr Semenyo briefly froze, as he couldn’t believe what the male had said.”
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male → freeze → what
Mogan then shouted “I’m talking to you, you c***”, the court heard.
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court → shout → *
Mr Jones said: “He looked straight at Antoine Semenyo when directing this abuse to him.
“Antoine Semenyo didn’t say anything back to him and went to take the throw-in.
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Semenyo → say → in
However, he was clearly hurt and upset with the racial abuse that had come his way.”
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that → hurt → abuse
Two short video clips of the incident were shown to the court, in which Mr Jones said the defendant could be seen in an “agitated and angry state”.
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defendant → show → state
He said witnesses saw Mogan take chewing gum from his mouth and throw it at Semenyo, striking him on the right side of his shorts.
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Mogan → say → shorts
Mr Jones said: “We say that was plainly an unsavoury action from an angry man.”
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that → say → man
In a statement read to the court, fellow Liverpool fan Neil Sherratt said he saw Mogan, who sits next to him at matches, leave his bay in the disabled section of the Main Stand and approach the pitch as Semenyo came to take the throw in.
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Semenyo → read → throw
He said he heard Mogan shout something along the lines of “hurry up” and saw Semenyo turn towards him.
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Semenyo → say → him
He said: “Semenyo had a shocked look on his face and I believe he has replied back by saying: ‘You what?'”
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You → say → face
Another fan, Nicholas Collins, said after the incident Mogan became “very cocky and brazen” and said: “If the bizzies (police) come I’m going to deck them.
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I → say → them
I’m not going anywhere.”
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I → go → ?
Mogan, who had an intermediary with him in court, was interviewed by police the following day and told officers he had shouted at Semenyo to “hurry up”.
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he → have → Semenyo
“His account was that Antoine Semenyo called him a cripple, which upset him,” Mr Jones said.
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Jones → call → him
“He said he then threw some chewing gum onto the floor, but not at Antoine Semenyo.
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he → say → Semenyo
“The prosecution say Mr Mogan clearly lied in that police interview.”
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Mogan → say → interview
Mogan, of Templehill Close, Dovecot, denies racially aggravated behaviour.
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Mogan → deny → behaviour
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