- Former Manchester City and QPR midfielder Joey Barton has been arrested following an alleged assault near a golf club in Huyton, Merseyside.
- The 43-year-old is one of two men taken into custody after reports of an assault on Sunday, 8 March.
- Emergency services were called to Fairway at approximately 9pm, where a man was found to have sustained injuries to his face and ribs.
- The victim was subsequently taken to hospital for assessment of his injuries.
- Both Barton and a 50-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of Section 18 wounding.
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