Joey Barton in court for kicking his wife in head
Former footballer Joey Barton pushed his wife to the floor and kicked her in the head during a row at their home, a court has heard.
His wife Georgia Barton was left with a lump on her forehead and a bleeding nose after the alleged assault
Friends were forced to intervene in the argument between the two, pulling Barton away from his wife, prosecutors say.
Barton, 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 couple started arguing after Barton threatened to figt his wife’s brother and father, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard.
“There had been a verbal disagreement about a family matter,” prosecutor Helena Duong said… he “grabbed her and pushed her to the ground and kicked her in the head”.
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”.
When police arrived at around 11:30pm, Mrs Barton told them: “I’ve been pushed down and kicked about and stuff.
“He said he was going to fight with my brother and my dad.”
Barton hides from Twitter
I’m off for a bit.
— Joey Barton (@Joey7Barton) January 23, 2025
Going for a Sauna, to Lift some weights and do an ice bath.
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Joey Barton was due to face trial at a magistrates’ court in 2022, but the case was adjourned after Mrs Barton sent a letter to prosecutors retracting her allegations.
A judge then ordered that proceedings be paused over concerns a trial would be unfair to Barton after prosecutors said they did not plan to ask Mrs Barton to give evidence in court.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Stephen Parkinson, appealed against the decision at the High Court in London, with barristers claiming at a hearing that a fair trial could go ahead.
In a judgment in June, two senior judges ruled in the DPP’s favour and said Barton should face a trial over the allegations in front of a different judge.
Barton denies a single charge of assault by beating, and the trial continues.