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PLANET FOOTBALL, SPORT & MUSIC
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Throb
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| Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:38 pm Barton remanded on assault charge |
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FROM BBC SPORT
Newcastle and England midfielder Joey Barton has been remanded in custody charged with assault.
The footballer, 25, is accused of common assault and affray and appeared before Liverpool magistrates following an incident in Church Street.
He was arrested on Thursday with his brother Andrew, 19, and Nadine Wilson, 27, from Huyton, Merseyside.
The player will reappear on 3 January and misses the visit to Chelsea and Wednesday's tie with Manchester City.
The court was told that CCTV operators tracked Mr Barton and a group of his friends in Church Street at 0530 GMT on Thursday.
A confrontation was said to have taken place in a McDonald's restaurant.
The player, of Widnes, Cheshire, was outside when an unknown man made a gesture towards him.
Gwyn Lewis, defending, said he was the victim of a "great deal of provocation" and was being "goaded" in the street.
A girl in his group was then assaulted in the street.
The goading was said to have taken the form of taunting over the conviction of his half-brother Michael for the murder of Anthony Walker in 2005.
A spokesman for Newcastle United said the club was not making any comment. |
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Peter Parka
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| Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:04 am |
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| Been remanded again! Bet Newcastle are glad they pretty much swapped Parker for him now! :lol: |
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Noodles
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| Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:29 pm |
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I bet he was given a rough time inside !
City glad to see the back of him, the lad is an idiot. |
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Public Enemy
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| Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:29 pm |
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| He is a prize nobber |
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Peter Parka
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| Sat Jan 12, 2008 2:04 am |
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| Only way he could spend time with his brother again! I heard that is what this was all about in the first place! :lol: |
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