The PSL Disciplinary Committee has fined Orlando Pirates R100 000 for fans’ misbehaviour.
This comes after the club’s supporters threw missiles inside the pitch during their Carling Knockout Cup defeat against Magesi FC last month.
The PSL prosecutor Zola Majavu confirmed that the Buccaneers appeared before a disciplinary committee on Monday over the incident that happened at Orlando Stadium on October 19.
“This is a further DC update. I can confirm that earlier this morning, Orlando Pirates Football Club appeared before the PSL DC to answer to charges of spectator misbehaviour arising from a missile-throwing incident wherein the spectators threw an assortment of missiles directed at the match officials in their match against Magesi FC,” said Zola Majavu.
“Orlando Pirates Football Club pleaded guilty as charged, and they were subsequently convicted accordingly. Having listened to the submissions regarding aggravation and mitigation of sanction and mindful of the fact that they pleaded guilty and they appeared as first offenders, the PSL DC ruled as follows:
“They will find a monetary amount of R100,000, of which half is suspended for a period of 12 months on condition that during the period of suspension, they are not found guilty of the same offence. If they were to re-offend, the suspended portion would become immediately effective, as well as an additional sanction for the new offence.
Orlando Pirates punished by PSL
“They were further ordered to carry the costs of the DC proceedings, which are usually administratively computed and added to the R50,000 fine, which is effective immediately. That is the end of the release and there’ll be no further commentary beyond this.
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