Essex players faced racist abuse and discrimination, report finds

Abuse seen as ‘entirely normalised and tolerated behaviour’Essex dealing with process where sanctions may be imposed

Several Essex players were subject to racist abuse and discriminatory treatment, an independent report has found.

Reference to players’ ethnic, racial and religious origins was “entirely normalised and tolerated behaviour” within the dressing-room culture between the mid-1990s until around 2013, under the misguided belief that it was acceptable “banter”, according to a report by Katharine Newton KC released on Friday.

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