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Lmao, Meanwhile Joey moving house.......off for a couple of months of footie practice no doubt.
Jail move for Toon star amid safety fears
JAILED Newcastle United star Joey Barton is set to be transferred from a Liverpool jail over safety concerns.
The midfielder was jailed for six months last Tuesday for a violent drunken assault in Liverpool city centre at Christmas.
He was initially sent to HMP Liverpool for assessment, but bosses have decided to send him to an open prison to prevent a revenge attack by inmates.
He will be taken to a jail, likely to be in the south of the country, where it's hoped he'll be less of a target for troublemakers.
A prison source said: "He came to Liverpool and was kept on J-wing, which is very small and only takes 60-prisoners.
"Staff were conscious of the fact that they needed to get him away before the bank holiday weekend.
"The thinking is that if they send him outside the area he may be safer because less people know him, but he is a Premier League footballer.
"Some prisoners might try to make a name for themselves having a famous footballer alongside them.
"It might not be a happy period for him. Just because he's a footballer doesn't mean he'll be treated different to the rest."
Another factor in the decision to move Barton may have been the high numbers of inmates currently in Walton Prison, Liverpool, where he would have been likely to serve his term.
He 25-year-old is likely to serve just a third of his sentence, meaning he could be available for selection for Newcastle for the new season.
Some prison sources have suggested Barton could serve less than two months and be let out on a tagging system.
At the hearing earlier this week Barton admitted affray and assault after attacking two people, one a 16-year-old boy, outside McDonald's in Lord Street, at 5am, on December 27.
The Recorder of Liverpool, Judge Henry Globe QC, described the incident as 'persistent and frightening street violence'.
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Treated no differently, yeah right, he's in a picture already modelling Newcastles new kit, how did he wangle that eh.
Last edited by Vermilion; 24-05-08, 05:44 PM.
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