FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Aston Villa v Brighton & Hove Albion - Villa Park, Birmingham, Britain - November 21, 2020 Brighton & Hove Albion's Neal Maupay Pool via REUTERS/Tim Keeton
LONDON (Reuters) - A 19-year-old man has been found guilty in Singapore of sending serious online abuse to Brighton & Hove Albion's French forward Neal Maupay in June last year, the Premier League said on Wednesday.
Singapore's Straits Times newspaper reported that a court heard that Derek Ng De Ren, now 19, used anonymous Instagram accounts to send messages threatening to kill Maupay and his family after the player scored a winning goal against Arsenal.
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