JAMIE CARRAGHER should be sacked by Sky Sports after being filmed spitting in 14-year-old girl’s face, according to Sun readers.
After just 30 minutes, nearly 4,000 readers had had their say on whether Carra should be sacked from his position at Sky.
Ominously for the former Liverpool ace, 77 per cent of voters in our exclusive Voice of the Fans poll claim Carragher SHOULD be sacked.
Following the Reds’ 2-1 defeat at the hands of Manchester United on Saturday, Carragher reveals he was goaded by numerous fans while in heavy traffic.
Then, Carragher’s Range Rover pulled up beside the 14-year-old’s United-supporting dad’s car in heavy traffic.
Video then shows him spitting at the girl after her dad yelled: “Unlucky Jamie lad — 2-1!”
The schoolgirl was reduced to tears after the confrontation on Sunday, saying: “I have never been spat at by anyone before.
“I thought, ‘Why has he done that’. I thought I had done something wrong.
“People in school take the mick and it is just a laugh. Someone like him who is older should be able to take a joke.”
Carragher has since apologised for spitting at the girl, saying: “I would like to apologise for my actions which were totally out of character.
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“What I did was wrong and I have since personally apologised to the family involved.”
Carragher added: “I was continually goaded and verbally abused numerous times whilst being filmed in slow moving traffic and reacted in a way that is of course regretful.”
Police can bring assault charges over spitting — or prosecute as a public order offence.
Carragher has said previously in a football column that players spitting at each other is “vile”.
The dad yesterday denied abusing Carragher: “When we spotted him I was just shouting his name. I was not rude or offensive.
“He responded by spitting at my daughter. Carragher comes across on TV as a decent guy who likes a laugh.
“But who would behave in this way? It’s inhuman. Who would spit in the face of a 14-year-old girl?”
Sky Sports said: “It’s unacceptable behaviour and we will be addressing it with Jamie.”
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