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Sam1
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| Tue May 20, 2008 11:56 am The thug is jailed |
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Premier League footballer Joey Barton has been jailed for assault and affray.
Barton, 25, was arrested in Liverpool on 27 December 2007 after he was involved in a confrontation outside a McDonald's restaurant in the city.
The midfielder, of Foxbank Close, Widnes, admitted the charges last month but reporting restrictions were only lifted on Tuesday.
He appeared at Liverpool Crown Court where Judge Henry Globe QC sentenced him to jail for six months.
The judge told him it was a "violent and cowardly act".
BBC NEWS
Good, throw away the key, would have been better if it were during the season. |
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Peter Parka
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| Tue May 20, 2008 12:09 pm |
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| 6 months means he'll be out in 3, what are the odds on him signing for us before Christmas? :? |
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Gioseppe
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| Tue May 20, 2008 1:34 pm |
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I think we'll sign him now and sell him before christmas. :D
Remember Shaun Newton? |
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Sam1
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| Tue May 20, 2008 2:06 pm |
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Gioseppe wrote: Remember Shaun Newton?
I actually thought when we were in the championship he was doing a decent job for us but was never premier league level. |
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Gioseppe
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| Tue May 20, 2008 2:20 pm |
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Sam1 wrote:
I actually thought when we were in the championship he was doing a decent job for us but was never premier league level.
What I meant was do you remember that we kept him while he was suspended and then sold him when he was able to play again. |
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Chigwell Hammer 4Life
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| Wed May 21, 2008 6:20 pm |
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| Throw away the key is the next stage in this. |
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Gioseppe
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| Wed May 21, 2008 10:58 pm |
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| Yeah, that would be the right thing to do. |
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Sam1
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Peter Parka
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| Sun May 25, 2008 7:16 pm |
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| :lol: :lol: :lol: |
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Sam1
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| Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:09 pm What has this country become? |
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Footballer Joey Barton has been released from jail after serving two months of a six-month sentence for attacking a man.
The 25-year-old Newcastle midfielder was captured on CCTV in Liverpool on 27 December punching a man.
He admitted assault and affray in April for the attack, which was branded a "violent and cowardly act" by a judge.
Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan said on Sunday that the footballer still had a future with the club.
Barton, wearing jeans and a jumper and carrying a holdall, left Strangeways prison in Manchester at 1100 BST after serving 74 days for the attack. He was driven off in a silver Land Rover.
The £40,000-a-week footballer, who is originally from Huyton in Merseyside, began his football career with Manchester City in 2002.
Ousmane Dabo
Barton has also been convicted of assaulting a former team-mate
He was then sold to Newcastle United in June 2007 in a £5.8m deal, four months after he had made his full international debut for England.
On 1 July Barton was given a four-month sentence suspended for two years at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court for assaulting team-mate Ousmane Dabo when they were both at Manchester City.
He admitted a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm for repeatedly punching Dabo in the attack which left his colleague unconscious and covered in blood.
The pair clashed during a training session on 1 May 2007.
Dabo, 31, pushed Barton's shoulder and was knocked unconscious - in court eyewitnesses recalled Barton getting on top of the player and repeatedly hitting him.
Joey's been running out of last chances
Gordon Taylor, PFA
Dabo was treated in hospital for the effects of head trauma, an inflamed eye and bruised eyelids. He also suffered from headaches for three weeks and missed several matches.
In addition to being given a suspended sentence for the attack on his team mate, Barton was also ordered to carry out 200 hours community service and to pay £3,000 compensation to Dabo as well as footing the prosecution costs.
In May Barton was cleared of vandalising a taxi on a night out in Merseyside.
Chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association, Gordon Taylor, said he welcomed Keegan's decision to give Barton a second chance.
He told the BBC: "To some extent I'm glad that he still has some faith in him. Joey's been running out of last chances.
"From that point of view it may have been the time when Newcastle would have said 'we can't stand for this' and move him on but hopefully Kevin thinks he can work his oracle with Joey and Joey will get his life back on track both as a human being and as a footballer."
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Fucking disgraceful. He is an epitome of what is wrong with this country. The most worying thing is the justice system workes in ntime with the football league. |
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Gioseppe
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| Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:01 pm |
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| Newcastle should be ashamed. |
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sammerhammer
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| Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:34 am |
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| he shouldnt play anymore |
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Chigwell Hammer 4Life
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| Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:31 pm |
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sammerhammer wrote: he shouldnt play anymore
i second that :x |
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Peter Parka
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| Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:18 pm |
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| Probably going to be contreversial here but I dont see the big deal about him playing again. I really dont see that footballers need to be looked to as roll models. Yes, I think what he did was bad but come on, it's not like he's our Prime Minister or something and we had no problem with having a mass murderer for one of those! :wink: |
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Sam1
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| Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:22 pm |
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| The thing I'm most worried about PP is the fact our justice system seems to work in accordance with the premier league. |
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