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| West Ham United player Ravel Morrison has been remanded in custody accused of punching and slapping his ex-girlfriend and assaulting her mother. | West Ham United player Ravel Morrison has been remanded in custody accused of punching and slapping his ex-girlfriend and assaulting her mother. |
| Morrison, 21, of Urmston, appeared at Manchester and Salford magistrates’ court on Thursday charged with two counts of common assault, and is accused of attacking his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend Reah Mansoor outside a nightclub in Manchester in the early hours of Sunday morning. | Morrison, 21, of Urmston, appeared at Manchester and Salford magistrates’ court on Thursday charged with two counts of common assault, and is accused of attacking his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend Reah Mansoor outside a nightclub in Manchester in the early hours of Sunday morning. |
| Morrison, who spoke only to confirm his name, is further charged with assaulting his former partner and her mother, Praveen Mansoor, 39, outside their home in Salford hours later. | Morrison, who spoke only to confirm his name, is further charged with assaulting his former partner and her mother, Praveen Mansoor, 39, outside their home in Salford hours later. |
| Prosecutor Clare Byers asked district judge James Prowse to remand Morrison into custody. Despite objections from Morrison’s solicitor Ros Emsley-Smith, Prowse agreed. Wearing a white T-shirt and jogging bottoms in the dock, Morrison was told his case would be adjourned until 7 August following the hour-long hearing. He did not enter a plea. | |
| A Greater Manchester police spokesperson said: “At about 3.20am on Sunday 27 July 2014, 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. | A Greater Manchester police spokesperson said: “At about 3.20am on Sunday 27 July 2014, 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. Ravel Morrison, of Urmston, is charged with two common assaults.” | “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. Ravel Morrison, of Urmston, is charged with two common assaults.” |
| Morrison was tipped to become a Manchester United regular after promising performances in their youth teams. But he was sold by former boss Sir Alex Ferguson to West Ham for £650,000 in January 2012. He has since been loaned out to Birmingham City and spent the end of last season on loan to QPR. | Morrison was tipped to become a Manchester United regular after promising performances in their youth teams. But he was sold by former boss Sir Alex Ferguson to West Ham for £650,000 in January 2012. He has since been loaned out to Birmingham City and spent the end of last season on loan to QPR. |
| West Ham declined to comment. | West Ham declined to comment. |