Former footballer Joey Barton has denied pushing his wife to the floor before kicking her in the head during a drunken row at their family home, after the court heard a harrowing 999 call. Barton, 42, is accused of assaulting Georgia Barton, 38, at their home in Kew, south-west London in June 2021, where they had been drinking with two other couples while their children slept upstairs.
![[Barton was seen outside court on Friday accompanied by his wife Georgia Barton (left), who did not support the prosecution]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/24/14/94478525-14321183-Barton_was_seen_outside_court_on_Friday_accompanied_by_his_wife_-a-71_1737730074333.jpg)
He is alleged to have drunk up to five bottles of wine before launching an assault on Mrs Barton, leaving her with a 'golf-sized' lump on her head and a bloody nose, a court heard today. Mrs Barton then phoned 999, tearfully telling the operator: 'Me husband's just hit me in the house. He's in the house, I'm outside.'.
![[Mrs Barton phoned for police after the alleged assault which the court heard left her with a bloody nose and a lump on her head the size of a golf ball]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/24/14/94478529-14321183-Mrs_Barton_phoned_for_police_after_the_alleged_assault_which_the-a-72_1737730084341.jpg)
He was pictured outside Westminster Magistrates' Court this morning with his wife, who did not support the prosecution, for a new hearing after a previous trial was halted in 2022 when Mrs Barton retracted her claims. Giving evidence, he admitted he is sometimes 'one to lose his temper' but denied kicking his wife in the head, saying there would have been 'a lot more damage' if he had.
![[Joey Barton and his wife Georgia pictured outside Wimbledon Magistrates' Court in 2022]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/24/10/94471107-14321183-image-a-32_1737716176078.jpg)
Friends were forced to intervene in the argument between the pair on June 2, pulling Barton away from his wife, prosecutors say. The arguing had started after Barton threatened to fight his wife's brother and father, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.
![[Barton previously denied the charge of assault by beating against him]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/24/10/94471109-14321183-image-a-33_1737716247221.jpg)
