Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Mum blames Suarez after son is bitten by another child in 'copycat' incident
A mother from Wales believes Liverpool striker Luis Suarez is to blame after her son was bitten by another child at school this morning.
Suarez was fined £300,000 by his club after digging his teeth into Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic.
The Uruguayan striker escaped a red card at Anfield yesterday, allowing him to remain on the pitch to score the 97th-minute equaliser against the visiting Blues. Suarez will not face criminal charges for the incident but has since been charged with violent conduct by the FA.
But now a concerned parent believes her son was the victim of a 'copycat' incident after he was bitten on the elbow while at school.
She told Richard Bacon on BBC 5Live: 'I had a phone call from the school headmistress earlier this morning saying that my son had been involved in a biting incident with another child and it appears to be a copycat of the Luis Suarez incident yesterday.'
Although the mother did not know for certain whether the child, who has been suspended from the school, was copying Suarez, Bacon quizzed the caller about whether she blamed the Premier League top scorer for the incident at school.
She added: 'I think if this [Suarez biting Ivanovic] hadn't have happened yesterday then my son wouldn't have been bitten today.'
Suarez was fined £300,000 by his club after digging his teeth into Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic.
The Uruguayan striker escaped a red card at Anfield yesterday, allowing him to remain on the pitch to score the 97th-minute equaliser against the visiting Blues. Suarez will not face criminal charges for the incident but has since been charged with violent conduct by the FA.
But now a concerned parent believes her son was the victim of a 'copycat' incident after he was bitten on the elbow while at school.
She told Richard Bacon on BBC 5Live: 'I had a phone call from the school headmistress earlier this morning saying that my son had been involved in a biting incident with another child and it appears to be a copycat of the Luis Suarez incident yesterday.'
Although the mother did not know for certain whether the child, who has been suspended from the school, was copying Suarez, Bacon quizzed the caller about whether she blamed the Premier League top scorer for the incident at school.
She added: 'I think if this [Suarez biting Ivanovic] hadn't have happened yesterday then my son wouldn't have been bitten today.'
