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BARTON 'NONCE' SLUR LIBEL LOSS

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May 25, 2024

First court round in Vine's favour

- JERRY LAWTON

BARTON 'NONCE' SLUR LIBEL LOSS

JOEY Barton has lost the first leg of his libel battle with Jeremy Vine after branding the BBC broadcaster a “bike nonce”.

The former footballer’s lawyer had claimed it was an “obvious attempt at humorous abuse”.

But a High Court judge ruled the slur Barton used on X – formerly Twitter – was defamatory.

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