Nottingham Forest fan Robert Biggs (pictured), 30, of Derbyshire, entered his guilty plea at Nottingham Magistrate’s Court this morning after being held in custody overnight. He has been sentenced to 24 weeks’ jail.
An electrical engineer who headbutted Sheffield United striker Billy Sharp after storming onto the pitch has been jailed for 24 weeks – as he faces a life-long ban from his football club.
Robert Biggs, 30, of Derbyshire, was also handed a 10-year football banning order after pleading guilty to assault at Nottingham Magistrate’s Court this morning.
The Nottingham Forest season ticket holder was one of hundreds of fans to invade the pitch following his team’s victory over Sheffield United on Tuesday night, which was won in a penalty shoot-out.
The court heard how he had consumed ‘a quantity of alcohol’ before carrying out the ‘senseless act of violence’, which the judge said demanded a custodial sentence.
Biggs, who has a girlfriend of four years,…
