Footie fan on the run for 20 years over brutal racist attack brought to justice
A FOOTBALL fan on the run for 20 years over a racist attack has finally been brought to justice.
Gordon Colquhoun, 39, battered Dale Clark after Celtic beat Liverpool 3-1 in the 2003 Uefa Cup quarter-finals.
He left the victim with a split lip and black eye in the attack in Bracknell, Berks.
Colquhoun asked Mr Clark “are you English” before laying into him with a friend.
Prosecutor Sarita Basra said: “An ambulance was called but just after the assault they continued to shout abuse.”
Colquhoun admitted his guilt to the police.
But he evaded justice by going into hiding in Scotland in 2004.
Reading Crown Court heard his co-defendant had been convicted over the racially-aggravated assault soon after the attack.
Although the race-hate assault case was abandoned, he has now been given 21 days behind bars for failing to surrender.
Passing sentence at Reading crown court, Judge Sarah Campbell said: “You are now a grown man and have had nearly 20 years in effect to resolve the situation but you have chosen not to do so.
“You buried your head in the sand.”