The brother of an old school mate did time because of his gambling addiction....Very sad...Tried to hold up a Building Society office in Sutton back in the day...Got 6 years because he pulled out a pen knife....Dickhead...All down to losing his shirt gambling on the horses...
For anyone who can be arsed, here's the full written ruling on Barton's ban, all 63 pages of it... http://www.thefa.com/news/2017/apr/27/joey-barton-breach-fa-betting-rules-written-reasons-270417