{"id":39042,"date":"2024-07-22T11:13:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T11:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/joey-barton-charged-over-malicious-communications\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T11:13:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T11:13:29","slug":"joey-barton-charged-over-malicious-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/joey-barton-charged-over-malicious-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Barton charged over malicious communications"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Ex-footballer Joey Barton has been charged with making malicious communications.<\/p>\n

The former Manchester City and Burnley player is due to appear in court on July 30. <\/p>\n

On his X account, Mr Barton, 41, said he had been charged over tweets relating to broadcaster Eni Aluko. <\/p>\n

Cheshire Police said the charges concerned messages sent between 1 and 18 January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a statement, a force spokesman said: “A man from Widnes has been summoned to court to face charges of malicious communications.<\/p>\n

“Following an investigation by Cheshire Police, the Crown Prosecution Service has since authorised the charges for Joseph Barton.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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