A person allegedly assaulted by former footballer Joey Barton throughout a combat at a golf membership might lose his sight in a single eye – as he’s pictured for the primary time.
Married father-of-two Kevin Lynch, 51, is alleged to have been attacked by the ex-Manchester Metropolis and Queens Park Rangers midfielder at Huyton and Prescot Golf Membership, in Liverpool, on Sunday night.
Barton, 43, appeared in courtroom this afternoon the place he was denied bail and was remanded in custody for a month.
Liverpool Magistrates’ Courtroom heard Mr Lynch suffered accidents to his face throughout the alleged assault and there’s a risk he might lose sight in a single eye.
Police beforehand mentioned he was in a critical however secure situation in hospital.
Barton, who has been charged alongside his buddy and roofer Gary O’Grady, 50, spoke solely to substantiate his title, date of start and handle.
He wore a blue half-zip sweater and gray jogging bottoms throughout the courtroom look.
Each males are accused of assaulting Mr Lynch, who has managed a number of non-league soccer golf equipment in Merseyside and elsewhere, occasioning grievous bodily hurt (GBH).
Kevin Lynch, 51, is at present in a critical however secure situation in hospital after being injured within the alleged assault at Huyton and Prescot Golf Membership
Joey Barton, 43, was charged with occasioning grievous bodily hurt. He appeared in courtroom in the present day
Gary O’Grady, 50, (left) and Barton, 43, (proper) seem within the dock at Liverpool Magistrates’ Courtroom
Numerous cops had been scrambled to the scene on the golf membership, with forensics officers cordoning off the membership and scouring the grounds for clues.
Neighbours described listening to a person groaning in ache and seeing swimming pools of blood on the road earlier than paramedics arrived.
At present a girl who answered the door at Mr Lynch’s semi-detached residence, round 5 minutes’ drive from the golf membership, declined to remark.
District Decide James Hatton granted O’Grady bail however remanded Barton in custody to seem earlier than Liverpool Crown Courtroom subsequent month.
Barton, O’Grady and Mr Lynch are all registered as members of Huyton and Prescot Golf Membership.
Mr Lynch, who has beforehand managed Prescot Cables FC, Marine AFC and Metropolis of Liverpool FC, can be the founder and headteacher of NexGen Academy, a faculty for youngsters with extra wants, in Liverpool.
Earlier on Tuesday, Barton, who has one England cap and in addition performed for Newcastle, Rangers, Burnley and Marseille, was ordered to pay £300,000 to former England footballer Eni Aluko after she efficiently sued him for libel.
Former England footballer and pundit Ms Aluko introduced authorized motion towards Barton over two posts he made in 2024 on social media website X.
Barton’s co-accused Gary O’Grady, 50, was bailed to seem earlier than Liverpool Crown Courtroom subsequent month
Merseyside Police confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that former footballer Barton has been charged with Part 18 wounding with intent
Gervase de Wilde, for Ms Aluko, instructed the Excessive Courtroom that Barton had wrongly claimed she had ‘cynically sought to use her standing as an alleged sufferer of racism and bullying’, and that she was a hypocrite.
Barton – who managed Fleetwood City and Bristol Rovers – didn’t attend the listening to, with Mr de Wilde telling the courtroom that he ‘was arrested yesterday and is at present being held in custody’.
The barrister mentioned that between January and August 2024, Barton revealed 48 posts regarding Ms Aluko on his X account, including that he had ‘carried out a intentionally focused public marketing campaign of vilification’.
Mr de Wilde mentioned one put up included a picture of Ms Aluko’s head superimposed onto serial killer Rosemary West’s physique.
He continued: ‘The marketing campaign amounted to an assault on a number of facets of her life and character.’
‘Mr Barton’s marketing campaign precipitated Ms Aluko huge misery. When she sought to defend herself towards Mr Barton’s conduct, and that of his followers, he criticised and attacked her for doing so,’ he added.
In line with a courtroom order, Barton has been instructed to pay £339,000 – with the primary £100,000 plus curiosity due by March 24.
