
The former Man City midfielder, 42, left Georgia Barton, 36, with a 'golf ball' sized-lump on her head after threatening to fight her brother and father. In a tearful 999 call played to the court Mrs Barton said her husband 'just hit me in the house.' She was filmed on police body worn cameras telling officers she had been 'pushed down and kicked about.' In February 2022 Mrs Barton wrote to the Crown Prosecution Service to say she no longer supported the case.