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Barton in court on assault charge Barton remanded on assault charge
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Newcastle and England midfielder Joey Barton has appeared in a Liverpool court accused of assault. Newcastle and England midfielder Joey Barton has been remanded in custody charged with assault.
The footballer, 25, who faces charges of common assault and affray, was refused bail when he appeared before magistrates in Liverpool. The footballer, 25, is accused of common assault and affray and appeared before Liverpool magistrates following an incident in Church Street.
He was arrested with two other people on Thursday following an incident on Church Street in the city. He was arrested on Thursday with his brother Andrew and Nadine Wilson, 27, from Huyton, Merseyside.
More follows. The player will reappear on 3 January and misses the visit to Chelsea and Wednesday's tie with Manchester City.
The court was told that CCTV operators tracked Mr Barton and a group of his friends in Church Street at 0530 GMT on Thursday.
A confrontation was said to have taken place in a McDonald's restaurant.
The player, of Widnes, Cheshire, was outside when an unknown man made a gesture towards him.
Gwyn Lewis, defending, said he was the victim of a "great deal of provocation" and was being "goaded" in the street.
This was said to have taken the form of taunting over the conviction of his half-brother Michael for the murder of Anthony Walker in 2005.