Joey Barton convicted of assaulting his spouse

March 26 – Joey Barton has by no means lived a quiet life and yesterday was discovered responsible of assaulting his spouse.

The incident occurred on June 2, 2021, when the previous Manchester Metropolis, Newcastle United, and QPR participant pushed his spouse to the bottom earlier than kicking her within the head at their house in Kew, south-west London.

Barton (pictured) has an extended historical past of violent conduct on and off the pitch, together with stubbing out a lit cigar in teammate Jamie Tandy’s eye, when the pair have been at Manchester Metropolis.

The court docket heard that Barton and his spouse had been ingesting when Barton threatened to struggle his spouse’s brother and father.

Mrs. Barton referred to as 999 saying: “Me husband’s simply hit me in the home. He’s in the home, I’m exterior.”

Police Officers arrived on the residence about 25 minutes later the place PC Daniel Humphry seen a “golf ball” measurement lump on her brow. Her nostril had additionally been bleeding.

She instructed officers: “I’ve been pushed down and kicked about and stuff. He mentioned he was going to struggle with my brother and my dad.”

Barton 42, a tricky tackling midfielder, has beforehand been convicted twice earlier than for violent crimes. Born on Merseyside, Barton was surrounded by violence and noticed his brother (Michael) sentenced to life imprisonment for the racially motivated homicide of Anthony Walker in 2005.

Previous to the trial, Mrs. Barton withdrew her allegations, nonetheless it was dominated that the trial would transfer ahead.

The decide, Mr Goldspring, gave Barton a sentence of 12 weeks’ custody, suspended for a interval of two years. He should pay prosecution prices of £2,055 and a sufferer surcharge of £154.

Talking to reporters exterior court docket following the sentence, Barton, sporting sun shades, mentioned he supposed to attraction the choice.

Contact the author of this story, Nick Webster, at moc.l1742948289labto1742948289ofdlr1742948289owedi1742948289sni@o1742948289fni1742948289