Nottingham Post commented Nottingham Forest hooligan spared jail after threatening to tear...

A Nottingham Forest football hooligan was excused jail so he could care for two children after threatening to tear Derby County fans "limb from limb". Jobless Mark McKendrick, 41, made the comment in a text message found among a million bits of data on 58 phones seized by police probing a punch-up involving more than 50 fans at Trowell. He was among 14 men convicted of conspiracy to commit unlawful violence on September 28, 2013. Earlier that day, Forest had beaten the Rams 1-0...