Chesterfield FC: Man charged after drone halts crunch play-off match

A man has been charged after a drone caused a National League football play-off match to be halted.

Players were taken off the pitch after the drone was spotted over Chesterfield's Technique Stadium during their semi-final clash with Bromley on 7 May.

A 27-year-old man was arrested a short time later.

Derbyshire Police said he been charged with flying a drone above assemblies of people.

He was also charged with flying beyond visual line of sight, failing to register as a drone operator and failing to display operator ID on a drone used by a remote pilot.

Police previously said the man had been charged with 14 other offences related to drone activity but have clarified this is not the case.

The man, from Chesterfield, is due to appear at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court on 8 June.

Chesterfield went on to win the semi-final but lost the subsequent final to Notts County at Wembley.

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