{"id":280588,"date":"2026-02-04T17:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/280588\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T17:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:06:17","slug":"footballer-andy-carroll-faces-trial-over-alleged-breach-of-non-molestation-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/280588\/","title":{"rendered":"Footballer Andy Carroll faces trial over alleged breach of non-molestation order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former England footballer Andy Carroll faces trial after indicating a not guilty plea to breaching a non-molestation order.<\/p>\n<p>The former Newcastle and Liverpool striker indicated the plea at Chelmsford Magistrates\u2019 Court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old, who currently plays for National League South club Dagenham &amp; Redbridge, played nine matches for England between 2010 and 2012, scoring twice, including one goal at Euro 2012.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"948\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/footballer-andy-carroll-faces-trial-over-alleged-breach-of-non-molestation-order.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Carroll pictured outside court, wearing a foot brace and using crutches\" data-title=\"Andy Carroll court case\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Yui Mok\" data-usage-terms=\"\"\/>Andy Carroll was using crutches and had a foot brace on for his court appearance (Yui Mok \/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Wearing a green coat and using crutches with a foot brace on his left foot, Carroll spoke to confirm his name, address and date of birth at the brief hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he would like to be tried in a magistrates or crown court, Carroll said: \u201cCrown please.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>District Judge Roy Brown bailed Carroll and he will next appear at Chelmsford Crown Court on March 4th.<\/p>\n<p>The judge told Carroll: \u201cYour next appearance at court will be at Chelmsford Crown Court on March 4th for a plea and trial preparation hearing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn that occasion you will be asked to enter a plea, if it remains a not guilty plea then arrangements will be made for a trial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he would like to sit rather than stand by a court clerk, Carroll said: \u201cI\u2019m ok, I\u2019ll stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carroll began his professional career with Newcastle United before transferring to Liverpool for \u00a335 million in 2011, later playing for West Ham, Reading and West Brom among other teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former England footballer Andy Carroll faces trial after indicating a not guilty plea to breaching a non-molestation order.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-280588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}