Man pleads guilty to sending ‘abhorrent messages’ to England women’s footballer Carter

LONDON: A man pleaded guilty Friday to sending “totally abhorrent” social media messages to England women’s defender Jess Carter during last year’s European Championships. Nigel Dewale with an address at Prospect Street, Great Harwood, northwest England, entered a guilty plea to one charge of malicious communications and possession of a weapon in a private place at Blackburn Magistrates’ Court on Friday. His admission came after the UK Football Policing Unit launched an investigation last July into abuse directed at Carter. Dewale is due to be sentenced on March 25.