Joey Barton

[butchstewie]

What a fool.

Joey Barton guilty over 'grossly offensive' X posts

[Glassman]

A jury at Liverpool Crown Court found Barton, 43, had "crossed the line between free speech and a crime" with six posts he made on Twitter.

Looking for what he said further to what is in the second paragraph of the link above.

[768]

So calling someone a bike nonce, is now a crime?

Must be time to let some more people slip out the back door of the prisons.

[Mannginger]

I'm hoping the main issue is the fact that he posted Vine's address on Twitter, otherwise this is well over the top.

Edit: I should make it clear that I think Barton is a total , with multiple charges for assault etc he is not one of life's good people

Edited by Mannginger on Friday 7th November 18:38

[brake fader]

So he was cleared of six so called offences , rather misleading headline again by the BBC

[brake fader]

Vine will always be known as bike nonce

[butchstewie]

brake fader said:

So he was cleared of six so called offences , rather misleading headline again by the BBC

Not really.

If you're on trial for killing two people and get found guilty of killing one the headlines are always going to be that you're a murderer.

[S600BSB]

Never heard of him.

[brake fader]

butchstewie said:

brake fader said:

So he was cleared of six so called offences , rather misleading headline again by the BBC

Not really.

If you're on trial for killing two people and get found guilty of killing one the headlines are always going to be that you're a murderer.

Being found guilty of saying said person is in a job due to box ticking is very different to murder, although the sentence given may be similar.

[MrBogSmith]

brake fader said:

So he was cleared of six so called offences , rather misleading headline again by the BBC

It's factually correct.

A headline isn't meant to encompass everything.

By that measure pretty much everyone is 'misleading'.

brake fader said:

Being found guilty of saying said person is in a job due to box ticking is very different to murder, although the sentence given may be similar.

How is that relevant to headline writing?

[butchstewie]

brake fader said:

Being found guilty of saying said person is in a job due to box ticking is very different to murder, although the sentence given may be similar.

Of course it's different but you're not going to see a headline of "Barton cleared of half the stuff he was charged with".

[MrBogSmith]

Vine has done the double on him.

Won his defamation suit and the criminal case.

Interesting semi-link that SkyNews concluded that X has a large right-wing bias: https://news.sky.com/story/how-sky-news-investigat...

[Vanden Saab]

Any guesses what his punishment will be?
Maximum is 6 months jail and/or £5000 fine.

[Gareth79]

768 said:

So calling someone a bike nonce, is now a crime?

He posted a LOT more than just that.

[MrBogSmith]

Vanden Saab said:

Any guesses what his punishment will be?
Maximum is 6 months jail and/or £5000 fine.

IANAL.

I think the max is 12 month now.

They're summary only offences in crown court. Googling it suggests the DPP can apply for a voluntary bill of indictment. Not something I'd heard of before.

Not a good year for him after being convicted of domestic assault. I hope he's not a 'save the girls' type.

[119]

768 said:

So calling someone a bike nonce, is now a crime?

Must be time to let some more people slip out the back door of the prisons.

[brake fader]

If he gets jail for this he may as well just have punched vine in the face the sentence would be the same. Surely a fine would benefit the state more than costing the tax payer to lock him up.

[butchstewie]

Vanden Saab said:

Any guesses what his punishment will be?
Maximum is 6 months jail and/or £5000 fine.

There are times when I wish a sentence could be "forced to give a stload of money to a domestic violence charity" or something.

[Vanden Saab]

butchstewie said:

Vanden Saab said:

Any guesses what his punishment will be?
Maximum is 6 months jail and/or £5000 fine.

There are times when I wish a sentence could be "forced to give a stload of money to a domestic violence charity" or something.

Agreed, but more to the point how does he have 2.7 million followers on X.

[Jasandjules]

brake fader said:

If he gets jail for this he may as well just have punched vine in the face the sentence would be the same. Surely a fine would benefit the state more than costing the tax payer to lock him up.

Given the way things have been lately I am not sure he would have a lesser punishment for punching Vine in the face than posting hurty words on the internet.