The trial of Bristol Rovers manager Joey Barton was adjourned until June by a district judge at Wimbledon Magistrates Court today, Friday, March 18, after legal argument could not be resolved.
Mr Barton faces one charge of assault by beating against his wife Georgia at their house in Kew, south west London, on June 2, 2021. The Rovers manager has pleaded 'not guilty' to that charge, and a trial was due to get underway today.
But as the trial got underway, district judge Andrew Sweet heard that Mrs Barton had written to the Crown Prosecution Service offering to give a witness statement - something that had not happened before.
