Joey Barton kicked wife in head during drunken row at home, court told

The former Manchester City and QPR midfielder, 42, is accused of assaulting Georgia Barton in June 2021
The former footballer Joey Barton pushed his wife to the floor before kicking her in the head during a drunken row at their family home, a court has heard.
Georgia Barton was left with a lump on on her forehead and a bleeding nose after the alleged assault. Friends were forced to intervene in the argument between the pair, pulling Barton away from his wife, prosecutors say. The former Manchester City midfielder, 42, is accused of assaulting Georgia Barton, 38, in Kew, south-west London in June 2021, where they had been drinking with two other couples while their children slept upstairs.
Continue reading...

More...