Ex-footballer Joey Barton guilty over 'offensive' X posts
Summary
Former football player Joey Barton has been found guilty in court for sending offensive posts on social media. He was convicted on six counts for his comments targeting broadcaster Jeremy Vine and pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko.Key Facts
- Joey Barton is a former football player.
- He was charged with 12 counts of sending offensive posts online.
- Barton's posts compared Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko to serial killers Fred and Rose West.
- He called Jeremy Vine a "bike nonce" in the messages.
- The court found Barton guilty on six counts of sending offensive communications.
- Jurors agreed he crossed the line from free speech to a crime.
- He was cleared of six other charges in the case.
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