Scots woman who told UK about cancer struggles on TV facing jail for sectarian abuse
dailyrecord.co.ukA woman who as a child told millions on TV of her battle with a rare cancer has been exposed as a sectarian bigot.Reebeka Climson, 27, appeared on the BBC’s Children in Need programme 16 years ago, saying her dream was to beat the disease and become a doctor or lawyer.
But she now faces jail after shouting “f*** the Pope” at an orange walk in Glasgow’s Duke Street on July 2 last year.Climson, of the city’s Easterhouse, also hurled abuse at cops Kelly Anne Brown and Rebecca Ferns and spat at them as they tried to help her after she suffered a head injury.
She made the news aged 11 when she was given a 20 per cent chance of surviving a rare bone cancer. The diagnosis was made after she fell off her bike.Climson then appeared in an appeal for Children in Need.
She was also a mascot at a Rangers game and was chauffeured in a Rolls-Royce to Ibrox Stadium.In an interview at the time, she said: “There’s so much I still want to do.
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