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When darts fans saw bearded Nathan Grindal at a tournament, they thought they were witnessing not just a double top but a second coming.



‘Jesus, Jesus’ they began to chant… loudly and repeatedly.

Organisers began to worry it would disturb star players Phil Taylor and Kim Huybrechts, so Mr Grindal was taken outside by security.

As he left a chant of ‘Stand up if you love Jesus’ broke out with many of the boozed-up crowd getting to their feet.

He had to watch the rest of the televised match at Butlins in Minehead, Somerset on a screen.

The labourer, 33, from Abingdon, near Oxford, said he felt ‘discriminated over something he had no control over’.

‘I love darts, but I’m worried about ever going to see it live again,’ he said.

‘It was all very weird and distressing. I didn’t break down crying but I did get emotionally distraught.

‘They were bullying me and picking on me, saying that I was someone else.’

The Professional Darts Corporation’s Dave Allen said: ‘He was taken to another part of the complex.’

Mr Grindal added: ‘I didn’t go to the darts dressed as Jesus – I went as me.’


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