After writing about the incident on his personal Twitter page following Sunderland’s 1 – 0 defeat at Wigan, a 26 year old man has been arrested in connection with England International Darren Bent’s mother being racially abused in a pub.

Via Guardian 

Bent’s mother was allegedly picked on by a Sunderland fan in a pub following the side’s 1-0 defeat at Wigan on Saturday.

Bent wrote about the incident on his Twitter page, saying: “So we get beat by Wigan and to make matters worse my mum gets racially abused by a SUNDERLAND fan. I won’t stand for that.”

Greater Manchester police and their counterparts in the Northumbria force launched a joint investigation.

A 26-year-old from Chester-le-Street, County Durham, was arrested at 6.50pm yesterday, Northumbria police said. The force said the man was arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated harassment at an alleged incident in Wigan on Saturday, on behalf of Greater Manchester police.

He was released on police bail until 12 January.

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