icon bookmark-bicon bookmarkicon cameraicon checkicon chevron downicon chevron lefticon chevron righticon chevron upicon closeicon v-compressicon downloadicon editicon v-expandicon fbicon fileicon filtericon flag ruicon full chevron downicon full chevron lefticon full chevron righticon full chevron upicon gpicon insicon mailicon moveicon-musicicon mutedicon nomutedicon okicon v-pauseicon v-playicon searchicon shareicon sign inicon sign upicon stepbackicon stepforicon swipe downicon tagicon tagsicon tgicon trashicon twicon vkicon yticon wticon fm
24 Jul, 2009 14:54

Court drops Gerrard assault charges

Court drops Gerrard assault charges

England midfielder Steven Gerrard has been found not guilty of affray over an assault in a bar last December.

Earlier the Liverpool captain was accused of attacking a man in a pub in a dispute over music. He had been drinking at the Lounge Inn in Southport, England, to celebrate a 5-1 victory over Newcastle earlier that day

On Friday, the jury at Liverpool Crown Court delivered its verdict. They accepted Gerrard’s explanation that he had acted in self defense in punching businessman Marcus McGee.

The Briton admitted he threw punches at McGee, but told the court he mistakenly believed he was about to be attacked.

“I am certainly mistaken in thinking he was coming towards me to throw punches at me. Now I know, obviously, he had been struck, reacted, and thought the strike was by me and he came into me and that’s when I reacted,” Gerrard declared.

“I am sorry about the whole incident.”

Podcasts
0:00
26:13
0:00
24:57