Five people charged after an investigation into a hearse being driven onto a football pitch at half-time by masked men will face trial next year.
Darren Kay, Graeme Rutherford, John Wright, Iain Boddy and Carl Barron were arrested following what police described as a ‘number of connected’ offences reported across the summer of 2023 in North East England.
On July 21 of that year two vehicles – a Subaru and a hearse – performed ‘donuts’ on the pitch of Dunston UTS Football Club at half-time of their pre-season friendly against local rivals Gateshead.
A group of men wearing balaclavas then got out of
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