Gavin Grant (footballer)
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| Born | 27 March 1984 Brent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Criminal charges | Murder[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gavin Grant (born 27 March 1984) is an English former professional footballer who was convicted in July 2010 of a murder committed in 2004.[1] He is serving a life sentence.[2][3]
Grant started his career at non-League Tooting & Mitcham, before being signed by Gillingham. He later joined Millwall.
He was then loaned out to Grays Athletic at the end of the 2006–07 season, scoring four times in 10 appearances in all competitions. During this time, he was under investigation for a killing related to the murder of which he was subsequently convicted, and the loan deal was cut short due to Grant breaking his curfew and being arrested again. He was later acquitted on those charges.
Grant secured another loan deal, this time season-long to Grays on 24 August 2007, however it was cut short and he returned to the Lions in January 2008. He then joined Stevenage Borough on loan in February 2008.
Grant was released by Millwall at the end of the 2007–08 season, and was signed by new Wycombe Wanderers boss Peter Taylor on a two-year contract.[4] He was signed again by Taylor, by that time at Bradford City, on a non-contract basis on 26 February 2010.[5]
