A COMPANY director is due to stand trial next year for allegedly making a racist remark to a restaurateur.

Ian Duffy, 54, head of Railway Projects Ltd, is accused of making the comment at a Celtic versus Juventus match at the Martin O'Neill Lounge in Celtic Park, Parkhead.

It is alleged he made the remark, which "caused or was intended to cause alarm and distress" to restaurateur Marcello Crolla and Franco Cortellessa on February 12, this year.

Duffy, from Bridgeton in Glasgow's east end, was due to stand trial yesterday at Glasgow Sheriff Court but the case was adjourned until next April.