Barton spared jail for serious assault; judge tells him to set a good example to young impressionable fans EH?

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Barton spared jail over assault

Press Assoc. - 1 hour 19 minutes ago

Premier League footballer Joey Barton has been told to set an example to fans who idolised him by the judge who spared him jail.

The 25-year-old Newcastle United midfielder received a four-month suspended sentence for assaulting his former Manchester City team-mate Ousmane Dabo during a training session.

Judge Mushtaq Khokhar said Barton responded in a "ferocious way" to a "harmless" push by Dabo on May 1 last year. He punched Dabo up to five times leaving him unconscious and covered in blood.

Barton was on bail over the incident when he got involved in a fight outside a McDonald's restaurant in Liverpool city centre last December.

He is currently serving a six-month jail term after admitting assault and affray in that case, but is expected to be released in the next few weeks with an electronic tag.

The judge told Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester there was a build up of hostilities >>>>>>

Answer 1

He is already in jail over another assualt

Answer 2

For once, Barton should have been made an example of.  No matter that he is a good footballer.  He is a bad example to the youth of today.  He should serve time for assault and what in h**l's name is he doing bashing up a team-mate for?  Drunken lout.

The whole thing was captured on video for all the world to see and all the world knows there is no justice in England for the victims of crime.

The video of the crime being committed and the non-punishment being handed out is proof, as if it were needed, of a weak and ineffectual judiciary and a poor justice system in which the victim is held to blame for crimes.

Time to punish the wrong-doers and hard.

Three years with no remittance extended to five years for bad behaviour inside - no appeal.

GUILTY AS CHARGED A BLOODY DISGRACE

Answer 3

what sort of planet is this judge from??now i can understand why young kids walk about with knives and guns { jesus christ }

Answer 4

Way to much to read. He should get life in prison.

Answer 5

thugs and daft judges should all be locked up

Answer 6

Affray alone is a very serious crime and to get six months is a slap on the wrist. Now he gets something to sooth the pain.

You and me would have got a further term of imprisonment but we're mere mortals.