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Barton guilty of sending 'grossly offensive' posts
Western Daily Press
|November 08, 2025
FORMER footballer Joey Barton has been convicted of sending grossly offensive social media posts about broadcaster Jeremy Vine and TV football pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko.
> Joey Barton, above, referred to Jeremy Vine, right, in some of his posts
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 X, formerly Twitter.
He was cleared of six other counts that he sent a grossly offensive electronic communication with intent to cause distress or anxiety between January and March 2024.
Following a televised FA Cup tie in January 2024 between Crystal Palace and Everton, he likened Ward and Aluko in a post on X to the “Fred and Rose West of football commentary”.
He went on to superimpose the faces of the two women on to a photograph of the serial murderers.
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