Football fan killed himself over shame from being caught making racist gesture

Andrew Paul Hewitt took his own life after a video emerged (Picture: Family Handout)

A football fan took his own life just hours after police launched an investigation into a racist gesture at a match.

Chester FC fan Andrew Hewitt, 52, ‘couldn’t face the embarrassment’ of a potential club ban or jail term, an inquest heard, and was found hanged at his home in Flint, North Wales, on December 1.

The day before, he had attended an away fixture at National League rivals Warrington Town.