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Fury over Everton footballer Tim Cahill's on-pitch gesture of solidarity with thug brother who left a man blinded
By NEIL SEARS AND OLINKA KOSTER
Last updated at 02:08 04 March 2008
Millions watching on TV were puzzled when Everton footballer Tim Cahill celebrated a goal by putting his wrists together as though they were handcufffed.
He explained after Sunday's game that it was a gesture of support for his brother Sean, who is serving a jail sentence.
"I am just proud that he is happy and I am happy and I'm thinking of him always," said the Australian international.
Christopher Stapley, 31, lost the sight in one eye when 29-year-old Sean Cahill kicked him twice in the face as he lay defenceless on the pavement after an unprovoked attack in July 2004.
Mr Stapley's mother Pamela, 55, said at the family home in Orpington, South East London last night: "We just want to move on. Chris doesn't know about what happened on the football field and I don't want him to."
Asked how she felt about Sean Cahill being depicted as a martyr by his brother, she said simply: "That is for the Cahill family."
An Everton spokesman denied that Cahill's celebration had been inappropriate, but admitted: "I am sure Tim was fully aware that some people would not be in favour of what he did before he did it".
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