Two
men have been summoned to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court in May
following claims fans were singing racist chants at St Pancras Station on
February 18th.
The alleged incident took place a day after Chelsea drew 1-1 with Paris
Saint-Germain in their Champions League knockout tie.
British Transport Police spoke to seven men with five of them facing no
further action, but two of the men, both 21-year-olds, have been summoned to
appear at Westminster Magistrates court.
The two men have been accused of racially aggravated harassment.
It comes after five Chelsea supporters suspected of involvement in an
incident in Paris in which a black man was prevented from boarding a train
will fight applications to impose football banning orders.
The Metropolitan Police are applying for football banning orders to be
imposed on five men who they believe were involved in the incident.
The five all attended Waltham Forest Magistrates' Court in north-east London
for a preliminary hearing last Wednesday.
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