{"id":531106,"date":"2026-03-10T13:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/531106\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:25:09","slug":"joey-barton-charged-after-assault-near-golf-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/531106\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Barton charged after assault near golf club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Former footballer Joey Barton and a second suspect have been charged after a man was assaulted near a golf club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It happened on Sunday at 21:00 GMT in Fairway, near Huyton and Prescot Golf Club on Merseyside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers arrived at the scene and found a man with injuries to his face and ribs, Merseyside Police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Barton, 43, of Widnes, and Gary O&#8217;Grady, 50, of Huyton, are due to appear at Wirral Magistrates Court later after being charged with section 18 wounding with intent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The victim is in a serious but stable condition in hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At a High Court hearing earlier over a libel claim involving Barton, Gervase de Wilde, representing ex-England footballer Eni Aluko, said his instructing solicitor had &#8220;received a call from a duty solicitor in a police station in Liverpool&#8221; shortly before the hearing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mr de Wilde told the court that Barton &#8220;was arrested yesterday and is currently being held in custody&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Barton played for clubs including Manchester City, Newcastle United, Queens Park Rangers, Burnley and Rangers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The midfielder then moved into management after his retirement from playing football in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Listen to the best of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/curation\/p0cjdwyw?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BBC Radio Merseyside on Sounds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;BBC Radio Merseyside on Sounds&quot;}\" class=\"link \">BBC Radio Merseyside on Sounds<\/a> and follow BBC Merseyside on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bbcmerseyside\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcmerseyside\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;X&quot;}\" class=\"link \">X<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcmerseyside\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Instagram&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>. 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