Joey Barton kicked wife in head during drunken row at home, court told
Joey Barton kicked wife in head during drunken row at home, court told
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Former footballer Joey Barton pushed his wife to the floor before kicking her in the head during a drunken row at their family home, a court has heard. Georgia Barton was left with a lump on on her forehead and a bleeding nose after the alleged assault.
Friends were forced to intervene in the argument between the pair, pulling Barton away from his wife, prosecutors say. The former Man City and QPR midfielder, 42, is accused of assaulting Georgia Barton, 38, 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. “There had been a verbal disagreement about a family matter,” prosecutor Helena Duong said. Barton – who appeared in court wearing a dark coat, dark jumper, jeans and glasses – “grabbed her and pushed her to the ground and kicked her in the head”, Ms Duong said.
As a friend tried to intervene, Barton “threw” him off and said “don’t disrespect me”, the trial heard. Mrs Barton called the police shortly after 11pm to “report she had been hit by her husband”, the court heard. the pair had both drunk “four or five bottles of wine”, a previous hearing was told.
During the 999 call played to the court, a tearful Mrs Barton told the call handler: “Me husband’s just hit me in the house. “He’s in the house, I’m outside.”. Asked if anything similar had happened before, she said: “No, it’s the first time,” adding that she had been hit “in the face”.
