THE individual alleged to have made racist gestures towards Warrington Town’s Bohan Dixon during Saturday’s clash with Chester is believed to have passed away.

Chester FC confirmed the news in an updated statement this morning having last night confirmed details of the incident and those involved had been passed to Cheshire Police.

However, this morning they confirmed the death of the person identified.

A video widely shared on social media over the weekend appeared to show an individual within the away section of the Cal.Delivery Stadium making racist gestures towards Dixon as he celebrated the opening goal with his Yellows teammates.

Objects were also thrown by supporters as part of the same incident after Connor Woods had given the hosts the lead from the penalty spot, with pyrotechnics also thrown from the away end on several occasions.

A pyrotechnic thrown from the away end is removed from the pitchA pyrotechnic thrown from the away end is removed from the pitch (Image: Sean Walsh) The game finished 1-1 in front of a crowd of 2,296 – a Town club record for a regular league home fixture – which included 900 travelling Chester fans.

Chester released a statement on Sunday evening condemning the alleged incident.