Celtic assault trial date set

A MAN is to stand trial accused of attacking Celtic manager Neil Lennon during a match last season.

John Wilson, 26, is alleged to have assaulted the football boss as his side played Hearts in a Scottish Premier League game in Edinburgh.

Wilson, of Edinburgh, is accused of lunging at Lennon and seizing him around the neck during the fixture on 11 May. Prosecutors claim the alleged assault, and a separate charge of breach of the peace, were aggravated by religious prejudice.

He appeared yesterday at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, where his trial was fixed for the court sitting beginning on 29 August.