{"id":335232,"date":"2025-12-08T16:15:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/335232\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:15:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:15:05","slug":"joey-barton-given-suspended-jail-sentences-for-online-posts-about-vine-aluko-and-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/335232\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Barton given suspended jail sentences for online posts about Vine, Aluko and Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/core\/website\/assets\/static\/news\/incident-types\/light-mode\/analysis.77b314ef10.svg\" alt=\"Analysis\" draggable=\"false\" class=\"ssrcss-to2z4d-ContributorImageComponent e2hr5uu0\"\/>How was Joey Barton&#8217;s sentence determined?published at 12:38 GMT<\/p>\n<p>12:38 GMT<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Judge Andrew Menary reading his sentencing remarks in court, in a red gown and white wig.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ab33fb33-e84e-418b-9401-dbee2026802b.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"1690\" height=\"951\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, CPS<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Joey Barton has been handed a six-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This means he will not actually serve any jail time unless he reoffends during the next 18 months. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He was given six months each for two offences against Eni Aluko, and four months for each of the four counts related to Jeremy Vine and Lucy Ward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">All of these sentences are to be served &#8220;concurrently&#8221;, or at the same time as each other, resulting in a total custodial sentence of six months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, Judge Andrew Menary said he was satisfied that Barton&#8217;s custodial terms did not have to &#8220;be served immediately&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The judge added: &#8220;In light of the steps you have<br \/>\ntaken, I am persuaded that there is some prospect of rehabilitation &#8211; that an<br \/>\nimmediate custodial sentence is not required to protect either the public or<br \/>\nthe victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;A suspended sentence order may &#8211; may &#8211; itself operate as a deterrent against any future defending by you.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How was Joey Barton&#8217;s sentence determined?published at 12:38 GMT 12:38 GMT Image source, CPS Joey Barton has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-335232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}