Police no longer looking for man following reported football incident
UPDATED: Police are no longer looking for a man in connection with this incident.
A REFEREE was reportedly attacked and threatened after sending off a player during an amateur football match.
Essex Police have launched an investigation after a football official was assaulted on November 18 last year on a pitch near Sheepen Road, Colchester.
He had been refereeing a match involving a team called Netsix and Chill when a player committed a foul which he deemed worthy of a temporary sending off.
According to Essex Police, after being banished from the game a man attacked the referee and threatened him.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact 101 citing crime reference number 42/268321/21
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