Barton being Barton...

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The accused and the alleged victim appear to be of the same race.
Daniel Stendel is German and within the equality act 2010, nationality is classified as race under section 9(1)b. Therefore although Jb and ds are of the same race in appearance, this would not mean that Jb could not be accused of racism against ds (that is on the massive assumption that it was Jb that was arrested, which I don't think has been confirmed).

At last my job comes in handy on this forum.
 
Daniel Stendel is German and within the equality act 2010, nationality is classified as race under section 9(1)b. Therefore although Jb and ds are of the same race in appearance, this would not mean that Jb could not be accused of racism against ds (that is on the massive assumption that it was Jb that was arrested, which I don't think has been confirmed).

At last my job comes in handy on this forum.

Then the law is not merely an ass, but a fully-fledged copper-bottomed ****.
 
Joey Barton‏ @Joey7Barton
With regards to the alleged incident on Saturday following our game against Barnsley, I emphatically deny all the allegations made. Given this matter has not been formally closed, it would be inappropriate for me to make any further comment.
Given that the matter is not fully closed, it would be inappropriate for joey Barton to take to sicial media to deny the allegations made. Surely that is what all lawyers tell their clients!!!
 
Just heard this on the radio.
Why has it taken so long to charge him? Any wounds the alleged victim had will have healed long ago.

It takes time to build a case and they'll have photos of any alleged injuries. They need to gather evidence, appeal for footage or witnesses and trawl through CCTV, questioning, interviewing, loads of stuff that if they don't do properly there won't even be charges, let alone a trial. Not to mention, it wouldn't be a particularly fair trial if the alleged victim was all cuts and bruises.
 
It takes time to build a case and they'll have photos of any alleged injuries. They need to gather evidence, appeal for footage or witnesses and trawl through CCTV, questioning, interviewing, loads of stuff that if they don't do properly there won't even be charges, let alone a trial. Not to mention, it wouldn't be a particularly fair trial if the alleged victim was all cuts and bruises.
SYP will have been treading very carefully after the Cliff Richard debacle.