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A trial date has been set for ex-footballer Joey Barton, who’s accused of sending malicious communications to soccer pundit Eni Aluko.
Mr Barton, 41, pleaded not responsible at Liverpool Crown Court to a cost of conveying an indecent or offensive message, for the aim of inflicting misery or anxiousness, between 3 and eight January,
The cost pertains to posts on social media website X that have been allegedly produced from Mr Barton’s account concerning the former ladies’s footballer.
Recorder of Liverpool Andrew Menary KC mentioned a three-day trial can be held on 19 May subsequent 12 months.
Mr Barton, sporting a darkish checked jacket with a shirt and tie, additionally spoke to substantiate his title and date of start.
The former soccer supervisor was granted bail, with a situation to not make any point out of Aluko on any social media.
The listening to, which lasted about 10 minutes, handled administrative issues forward of the trial.
Aluko, who performed for Chelsea and England, scored 33 worldwide targets in 102 video games earlier than retiring in 2020 and establishing a broadcasting profession.
Former Manchester City and Newcastle participant Barton, of Widnes, Cheshire, was sacked final October as League One Bristol Rovers’ supervisor after nearly three years in cost, after a run of poor outcomes.
