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Joey Barton 'crossed line between free speech and crime' with X posts, jury hears
Joey Barton faces 12 charges of sending offensive posts targeting broadcasters, with a social media following exceeding two million, accused of causing distress or anxiety.
- Retired footballer Joey Barton was accused of posting a 'slew of grossly offensive electronic communications' towards broadcaster Jeremy Vine and pundits Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward on social media, crossing 'the line between free speech and a crime', according to prosecutor Peter Wright KC.
- Wright stated that Barton likened Aluko and Ward to serial killers Fred and Rose West in a post, also alleging Aluko was 'only there to tick boxes'.
- The prosecutor argued Barton's 'defamatory, puerile and infantile behaviour by a grown man' towards the three individuals 'was, and is, beyond the pale of what is tolerable in society and therefore characterised as criminal'.
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Former Leeds United footballer and TV commentator 'intimidated' by Joey Barton posts
Former Leeds United footballer and TV football co-commentator Lucy Ward has told a jury that social media posts from ex-Manchester City and Newcastle United player Joey Barton left her “intimidated” and “physically scared”.
·Leeds, United Kingdom
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Joey Barton 'crossed free speech line' by linking Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward to Fred and Rose West, court hears
Former footballer Joey Barton has been told he "crossed the free speech line" with his social media posts at Liverpool Crown Court today.The 43-year-old stands accused of 12 counts of sending grossly offensive electronic communications with the intent to cause distress or anxiety.Prosecutors allege the former Manchester City and Newcastle United midfielder deliberately targeted broadcaster Jeremy Vine and football pundits Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward…
·London, United Kingdom
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