Joey Barton

The former Premier League footballer was set to face trial for allegedly assaulting his wife during a drunken row. | ITV News London.

The Crown’s case is he was still intoxicated at that point.” The court heard Barton gave a no comment interview and the prosecutor added: “The issue in this case is that Mr Barton denies assaulting his wife at all.” “Mr Barton is married to the alleged victim in this case and they continue to be in a relationship,” said Ms Duong.

Joey Barton's verdict after Bristol Rovers claimed a 1-0 win at Northampton Town in SkyBet League Two on Saturday.

We’re right in the race and you’d be a fool to bet against us." "So to get through the week with nine points and no goals conceded is a really, really good sign of where this group is at. "The boys went to Cheltenham. They had a day at the races. "Before the game you could see they hadn’t cut the pitch," he continued. They ride where they do in the division because they’re very effective at what they do and we had to stand up to that challenge today. To win three games in the week we’ve had when there’s been a lot of emotion.

The Bristol Rovers manager, 39, is accused of assaulting Georgia Barton, 36, by beating at a property in Kew, south-west London on June 2 last year.

Former Premier League star Joey Barton (left) will answer allegations he beat up his wife at an assault trial next month. The case will now be heard in June. Barton denies the allegations. Mrs Barton was left with a bloody nose following the alleged attack and then called the police and asked for her husband to be removed from the property The football manager allegedly kicked her in the head and left her with a head injury and bloody nose at a property where they had been with friends (they are pictured here arriving at court) 'She gives her first full account of what it is she says happened and in that account she says that she had gotten into a drunken fight, a disagreement about families, with her husband and that she had been pushed down and kicked about and stuff. - Allegedly kicked her in the head and left her with a head injury and bloody nose

The football manager allegedly kicked his wife in the head causing a “golf ball-sized lump”

“An injury to the head is described by officers as a lump the size of a golf ball. On the evening of June 2 Mrs Barton called 999 at 11.14pm and says that she has just been hit in her house by her husband. The 39-year-old allegedly pushed over his wife Georgia and kicked her in the head at their house in Kew, south west London on June 2 last year.

Bristol Rovers manager Joey Barton's trial for allegedly assaulting his wife during a drunken row has been delayed after she wrote a letter to prosecutors ...

The Crown’s case is he was still intoxicated at that point.” The court heard Barton gave a no comment interview and the prosecutor added: “The issue in this case is that Mr Barton denies assaulting his wife at all.” “Mr Barton is married to the alleged victim in this case and they continue to be in a relationship,” said Ms Duong.

Joey Barton's trial for allegedly assaulting his wife during a drunken row has been delayed after she wrote a letter to prosecutors in a bid to “exculpate” ...

She has given an account some eight months after the incident and, in the Crown’s submission, it is plainly an attempt to exculpate her husband.” Joey Barton’s trial for allegedly assaulting his wife during a drunken row has been delayed after she wrote a letter to prosecutors in a bid to “exculpate” her husband, a court has heard. Joey Barton's assault trial delayed after former Manchester City and England midfielder's wife writes letter to prosecutors