Police probe vile tweet aimed at Celtic fan Jay Beatty

Police in Scotland are probing a vile sectarian tweet aimed at 12-year-old Lurgan bhoy Jay Beatty which as been branded '˜disgusting'.

Jay’s father Martin Beatty has described his horror at landing home from the Celtic Hearts match on Sunday and reading the dreadful post.

Jay, who is an avid Celtic fan like his father, had been attending the match in Edinburgh on Sunday.

After the match, which Hearts won 4-0, a tweet by an apparent Hearts fan said: “This is how it feels to be Celtic paedophiles again and you know wee jay beatie won’t see 10 in a row.” followed by an image of a Union flag.

It is similar to a tweet which appeared in August although this Twitter user misspelt Jay’s surname.

Posting a copy of yesterday’s tweet, Jay’s dad Martin said last night: “Hearts fully deserved to win today, fought and won every ball so well done on a great win but getting off the plane with Jay to see this all over social media is disgusting. Enjoy your result but wishing the death of a child because of the team he loves is shameful and is wrong.”

The tweet appears to have been deleted from the Twitter users page, however another tweet stating “No apology no surrender” has since appeared.