Luke Littler slams 'scum of the earth' as car window smashed during exhibition
Darts wonderkid Luke Littler took aim at the 'absolute scum of the Earth' who left his car window smashed while he was on the oche. The 18-year-old was in action in Norwich for an exhibition.
But it did not all quite go to plan for Littler as he returned to his car with the back window smashed in. Sharing the news on Instagram, he shared a picture of the car, alongside the caption: 'Just trying to do an exhibition in Norwich and this happens, absolute scum of the earth.'
Littler was playing at the MODUS Sports exhibition, alongside the legendary Raymond van Barneveld and Luke Humphries. The incident rounded off what has been a rollercoaster week for Littler. Earlier this week, he had secured top spot in the Premier League on Night 15 in Aberdeen.
Despite having already reached the semi-finals, he put on an absolute classic against Humphries and has now guaranteed himself as the first-placed playoff qualifier. He will be joined by Humphries and Gerwyn Price, the pair having also qualified.
Meanwhile, Littler's participation at this year's World Cup was also confirmed, having announced he will join forces with Humphries. Taking to Instagram announcing his pairing, Littler wrote: "Dream team confirmed. Bring on the world cup in June @lukehumphries180."
There was initially some doubt over Littler's participation in the competition having hinted that he would not play again in Germany until later in the year. But he allayed any fears that supporters may have had.
He said: "No, no I was always [going to play]. Luke [Humphries] will want to go back-to-back and obviously I want to win it for the first time. Even though it's not a major, it's still playing for your country."
Partner Humphries also gave his verdict and was sure Littler was going to be there. He said: "I saw Luke's post and I knew straight away that he didn't mean what he said. He probably forgot about the World Cup being in Germany. When I asked him about it he said: 'No, I'm definitely playing'. Of course he is.
"No-one's going to turn down playing for England. You can never turn down playing for your country. I would never turn it down in a million years, no matter how tired I was, how ill I was. I'm putting on the England jersey, whether I'm dying or not."
On the chance to finally be playing with Littler and not against him, Humphries added: "I feel like the fans are going to enjoy watching us both play together. The two best players in the world, a lot of pressure is going to be on our shoulders. I think everybody is expecting us to win it and no one's going to touch us."
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