TEN Rangers fans have appeared in court charged with sectarian offences following an incident at a football ground in West Lothian.
TEN Rangers fans have appeared in court charged with sectarian offences following an incident at a football ground in West Lothian.
They appeared at Livingston Sheriff Court on an undertaking following an incident at the Livingston v Rangers match on October 4.
The men - aged from 16 to 49 and all from the West of Scotland - pleaded not guilty to the charges against them and trial was fixed for two consecutive days in April next year.
The Crown asked for a football banning order to be imposed as a special bail condition preventing all the accused from attending regulated matches between now and their trials.
But their lawyers argued that the condition would be "disproportionate" given the long delay.
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