Man in court after footballer hit by part of chair at match
Aberdeen’s Jack MacKenzie suffered a facial injury in the incident at Dundee United’s Tannadice Park on Saturday.
A man has appeared in court charged with culpable and reckless conduct after an Aberdeen FC player was hit by part of a chair on the pitch at a match.
Aberdeen substitute Jack MacKenzie suffered a head injury in the incident at Tannadice Park in Dundee following his club’s defeat to Dundee United on Saturday.
MacKenzie was treated on the pitch and was then taken off in a wheelchair, with his club saying he had suffered a “serious facial injury”.
David Gowans, 31, from Aberdeen, was charged with culpable and reckless conduct when he appeared in private at Dundee Sheriff Court on Wednesday.
He did not enter a plea and was committed for further examination and granted bail.
Fans invaded the pitch after United clinched the fourth spot in the William Hill Premiership and a place in Europe with the 2-1 win at the weekend.
