TWO Rangers fans from Greenock have been cleared of singing songs in support of a terrorist organisation at a festive football fixture.
John Montgomery and Brian Taylor denied singing a song in support of the 'Young Citizens Volunteers' at a Championship away match between their side and Dumbarton in January.
During their trial at Dumbarton Sheriff Court, pictured, it emerged the Young Citizens Volunteers - thought to be the 'youth wing' of the Ulster Volunteer Force - is not on a list of terrorist organisations compiled by the government.
Despite it being perfectly legal to join the YCV two police officers from a specialist unit said they believed it was illegal to sing about them.
Montgomery, of South Street, and Taylor, of Bearhope Street, were cleared after Sheriff Maxwell Hendry ruled they had no case to answer - and he criticised the law they were charged under.
Montgomery and Taylor also blasted the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act after they were cleared, saying it 'criminalises' fans across Scotland.
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