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| West Ham footballer Ravel Morrison charged with assault on two women | West Ham footballer Ravel Morrison charged with assault on two women |
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| West Ham footballer Ravel Morrison has been charged with assaulting two women, police said. | |
| Morrison, 21, of Urmston, is accused of attacking a 19-year old woman outside a bar in Manchester in the early hours of Sunday. | |
| He is further charged with assaulting her and a second woman, aged 39, at an address in Salford hours later. | |
| The footballer is due before Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court later. | The footballer is due before Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court later. |
| A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said: "At about 3.20am on Sunday police were called to an address on Alexandra Road, Peel Green, Salford, following reports a 19-year-old woman and a 39-year-old woman had been assaulted. | |
| "Officers attended and established the young woman had also been assaulted outside a bar in Manchester city centre earlier that evening and a 21-year-old man was subsequently arrested at a later date." | |
| The midfielder was widely tipped to become a Manchester United regular as one of the club's best home-grown prospects in their youth teams. | |
| He was sold by former boss Sir Alex Ferguson to West Ham for £650,000 in January 2012. | |
| He has since been loaned by West Ham to QPR and Birmingham City. |