Football manager Joey Barton has been charged with assault after a woman suffered a head injury.
The Bristol Rovers manager, who is from Huyton, is due in court tomorrow to face a charge of assault by beating after police were called to a London address on June 2.
The 38-year-old is due to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court tomorrow after being arrested in June, bailed and then charged.
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A spokesperson for the Met Police said: "Joseph Barton, 38 and of Widnes, is due to appear on bail on Monday, July 26 at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court charged with assault by beating.
"The charge relates to an incident which took place at a residential property in Kew on June 2 in which a woman received a head injury.
"The London Ambulance Service did not attend.
"A 38-year-old man was arrested on June 2, bailed pending further enquiries, and subsequently charged."
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