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Joey Barton..............How Convenient ?
by wisty8golf @ Tuesday, May. 20, 2008 - 22:19:50

The Newcastle midfielder, Joey Barton was convicted today in the High Court in Manchester and sentenced to six months in prison for assault. The offence was committed in December. How understanding was it for the court to wait until the end of the football season for the trial. Six months means serving 3. If my maths are correct 3 months from May 20 means he will be released on Aug 20, just at the start of the 2008-09 season. Can we expect this to become a trend, with courts passing sentences to be served at the convicted persons convenience. If I get a three months ban for speeding, can I serve it on 90 Sundays ,when I don't go out in the car much anyway. Can night workers serve their sentences just during the hours of 9 to 5 ?
The worst fact of the Joey Barton case is that his manager, Kevin Keegan, interviewed on TV , was not critical of the player whatsoever.
To crown it all, Barton is back in court next month for assaulting a fellow player whilst at Man City.
Any bets he gets found not guilty on this charge. We don't want poor misundersood Joey to miss the start of the season.
PS Would your employer pay your salary (in Bartons case understood to be £50,000 a week)whilst your were in jail? Or mores to the point , would you have a job when you came out ?

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technomisttechnomist [Member]
21/05/08 @ 10:48

Professional Football is a game for louts and cheats these days. I no longer waste my time watching it.

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21/05/08 @ 13:21

I was very very surprised that he was convicted at all, so the fact that he's actually going to spend some time behind bars is good enough for me.

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