Joey Barton has been cleared of assaulting his wife after a judge ruled he could not have a fair trial because prosecutors would not call the alleged victim to give evidence.
Joey Barton arrives at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court. Image: Alamy Stock Photo BRISTOL ROVERS manager
“My husband has just hit me in the house,” she said, telling the operator she had been left with a “bloody nose” after Barton hit her “just in the face”, before officers arrived at the scene within 25 minutes. “He was kicking me about,” she said, adding, while holding an ice pack to her head, that the alleged attack came “out of the blue”.Prosecutor Daniel O’Donoghue said footage of Barton’s arrest shows he was “clearly intoxicated”.
His wife declined to make a written witness statement but ahead of the expected trial in March wrote to the Crown Prosecution Service. Prosecutors said the account was an attempt to “exculpate” her husband and still chose not to interview her or call her to give evidence. “I am satisfied Mr Barton would be unable to achieve a fair trial in these circumstances and the proceedings are stayed.”
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