Former footballer Joey Barton faces a new criminal trial over an allegation he assaulted his wife, judges at the High Court have ruled.
In a judgment on Friday, two senior judges said Barton should face a trial over the allegations in front of a different judge.After the case was adjourned, a judge ordered that proceedings be paused over concerns a trial would be unfair to Barton as prosecutors said they did not plan to ask Mrs Barton to give evidence in court.
But Wimbledon Magistrates' Court heard in March 2022 that Mrs Barton wrote to prosecutors a month before the scheduled trial to claim she was injured accidentally when friends intervened in an argument between the pair, having both drunk "four or five bottles of wine".Mrs Barton did not support the prosecution and was not due to be called as a prosecution witness during the trial over fears she would give an untruthful account.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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