Joey Barton denies assaulting wife in drunken row saying 'If I kicked someone in the head there would be a lot more damage' as court hears her 999 call 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.
The arguing had started after Barton threatened to fight his wife's brother and father, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.
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.
Mrs Barton then phoned 999, tearfully telling the operator: 'Me husband's just hit me in the house.
