Joey Barton found guilty over ‘grossly offensive’ social media posts

BREAKING.

Joey Barton has been found guilty of sending "grossly offensive" social media posts.

The former footballer was found guilty of six counts over posts on X between January and March 2024 directed at broadcaster Jeremy Vine and TV football pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko.

This included a post in which the 43-year-old compared Aluko and Ward to the serial killer couple Fred and Rose West, and called Vine a "bike nonce."

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