15 h. ago Football fans in UK and Ireland react with fury as Joey Barton posts IRA slogan after the former Premier League star was found guilty of assaulting his wife

The former Manchester City midfielder, 42, said he was 'disappointed' after being found guilty of assault following a two-day trial at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

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16 h. ago Joey Barton given suspended prison sentence for assaulting wife at London home

Barton was branded a liar by the judge, but says he will appeal his assault conviction

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20 h. ago Joey Barton found guilty of assault after kicking wife in the head

Georgia Barton was left with a lump on her forehead and a bleeding nose after the incident in Kew

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20 h. ago Joey Barton guilty of pushing and kicking wife in drunken assault at London home but avoids jail

Joey Barton kicked his wife in the head in a drunken row at their London home

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20 h. ago Joey Barton found guilty of assaulting his wife after former footballer 'kicked her in the head' during drunken row

The former Man City midfielder, 42, left Georgia Barton, 36, with a 'golf ball' sized-lump on her head after threatening to fight her brother and father.

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20 h. ago Joey Barton found guilty of kicking wife in the head in drunken home attack

Barton, who played for Newcastle United and Man City during his football career, kicked his wife to the head at their family home in London

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21 h. ago Joey Barton guilty of pushing and kicking wife in drunken assault at London home

Joey Barton kicked his wife in the head in a drunken row at their London home

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21 h. ago Joey Barton found guilty of assaulting wife after kicking her in head at their home

Georgia Barton was left with a lump on her forehead and a bleeding nose

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21 h. ago Joey Barton found guilty of assaulting wife by kicking her in head at their home

Georgia Barton, 38, was left with a lump on her forehead and a bleeding nose after the incident in Kew, south-west London, in June 2021.

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21 h. ago Former Man City footballer Joey Barton found guilty of assaulting his wife

It follows a trial at a magistrates' court

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21 h. ago Joey Barton given suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of kicking wife in head

Joey Barton has been handed a suspended prison sentence at Westminster Magistrates' Court after being found guilty of assaulting his wife at their family home in June 2021

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21 h. ago Joey Barton spared jail after found guilty of assaulting his wife at their family home

The former Manchester City midfielder, 42, was accused of pushing his wife to the ground before kicking her in the head after the pair drunk 'four or five' bottle of wine, a court previously heard

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1 week ago Former footballer Joey Barton pleads not guilty over calling Jeremy Vine a 'bike nonce'

The former Manchester City and Newcastle United midfielder is accused of sending posts which referred to football pundits as serial killers

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1 week ago Joey Barton denies 12 charges of sending offensive messages to Jeremy Vine and Lucy Ward

Former Manchester City and Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton has pleaded not guilty after being accused of sending offensive messages to Jeremy Vine, Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko

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1 week ago Joey Barton pleads not guilty over alleged offensive tweets to Jeremy Vine and football pundit

Joey Barton was bailed until a further hearing in June

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