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Alexandra Topping

Joey Barton handed 12-week suspended prison sentence for assaulting his wife

Joey Barton arriving at Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday.
Joey Barton arriving at Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday. Photograph: Lucy North/PA

The former footballer Joey Barton has been handed a 12-week suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of assaulting his wife at their family home in south-west London in June 2021.

The 42-year-old pushed Georgia Barton to the floor before kicking her in the head during a drunken row at their family home which left her with a lump on her forehead and a bleeding nose, a court previously heard.

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