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Keane targeted by yobs

Tuesday September 28 2004



Roy Keane's off-field problems have continued with a crate of fireworks daubed in anti-Irish slogans being set off outside his house.

Just days after he appeared in court on three charges relating to an alleged assault on a 16-year-old boy, Keane's £1.5m Cheshire mansion was targeted by yobs who left a crate of two-foot-long industrial fireworks outside the gates.

There was little damage done in the attack on Sunday morning, which happened when Keane, his pregnant wife and four children were inside the house.

A police spokesman told The Sun: “Fireworks were set off outside Roy Keane’s home and language of a racist and abusive nature was daubed on the crate.

“The disturbing message was directed at the footballer and our inquiries are continuing.”

The message is thought to have contained the words 'Irish tw*t' but there is no indication whether the attack was motivated by racism, politics, football or the ongoing court case.