THE landlord of a Worcester pub wants to draw a line under an incident where one of his customers wore a t-shirt mocking the victims of the Hillsborough disaster.

Mark Daniels threw out and banned Paul Grange from the Brewers Arms in Comer Road, St John's, Worcester after he entered the pub wearing a t-shirt which mocked the victims of the Hillsborough disaster which claimed 96 lives in 1989.

The t-shirt sparked anger from both Liverpool fans and people at the pub who were offended by a printed slogan which compared the disaster to a God's way of aiding a pest control company.

Last week, Grange was fined £600 at Worcester Magistrates Court after admitting a section five public order offence for wearing the t-shirt.

Mr Daniels now proudly displays a Liverpool flag in his pub and a t-shirt which pays tribute to the 96.

He has also welcomed 16 Reds fans who arrived at the pub by coach.

Mr Daniels plans to have some of the t-shirts from fans framed and put on permanent display at the pub.

One of the t-shirts says thank you to the Brewer's Arms from the LFC family.

He and wife Deb have been invited to meet ex-Liverpool players at a charity function at the Shankly Hotel in the city as part of the Legends Tour.

He said: "It was just the right thing to do - to throw him (Paul Grange) out. That is nothing different to what we would normally have done. We just did our job.

"We did what we thought was right. Everything else is down to the law.

"I just want to draw a line under it now. We have had quite a lot of support from Liverpool fans and they have travelled down to say 'thanks for what you have done' and have spent time with the locals."

Mr Daniels knows someone who survived the disaster who remained traumatised by it.

He has met Hillsborough survivors since the photograph of Grange in the pub's beer garden went viral on social media.

We reported on Friday how Paul Grange of Columbia Drive, Lower Wick, Worcester, appeared trembling and with his head bowed at Worcester Magistrates Court.

The 50-year-old lorry driver told the magistrates he was "ashamed" of himself after he wore the t-shirt at the pub's beer garden on May 29 at 2pm.

Magistrates ordered the forfeiture and destruction of the t-shirt he was wearing and another, similar t-shirt.