Owner's son Tom Hicks Junior apologises to Liverpool FC fan for sending abusive email

Tom Hicks Junior 300* READ the original Blood Red column that sparked the exchange hereTOM HICKS JR has apologised to a Liverpool supporter after he was accused of sending an abusive email.The Dallas based Liverpool director and son of co-owner Tom Hicks Senior was contacted by Stephen Horner, a concerned fan, who emailed him an extract of a Liverpool Echo article published this weekend.The extract contained a series of points raised in the Football Echo's Blood Red Column this weekend. The article analysed and explored the challenges facing Rafa Benitez.But just before 4am in Texas yesterday (10am in England), Hicks Jr sent one reply calling Mr Horner 'an idiot'.He then sent another email - this time with Liverpool's financial and commercial directors Philip Nash and Ian Ayre copied in - which told Horner: 'Blow me f*** face. Go to Hell. I'm sick of you.'Mr Horner says he was shocked by the outburst but late last night, he was again contacted by Hicks Jr, this time to say sorry for the incident.The email read: 'Stephen, I apologize for losing my temper and using bad language with you. It was a kneejerk reaction. Tommy'Liverpool - who have sold Andriy Voronin and Andrea Dossena this weekend to Dinamo Moscow and Napoli respectively - were not making any comment today on the incident but the club insist neither Mr Nash or Mr Ayre received the original email.This is not the first time that Hicks Jr has clashed with Liverpool supporters.He was at the centre of a heated row in the Sandon Pub, near Anfield, in February 2008 after the Reds had beaten Middlesbrough 3-2 - read here.

Source: Liverpool_Echo