Gerrard to deny nightclub asault
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Gerrard to deny nightclub asault
Football star Steven Gerrard is to deny assaulting a man during a nightclub brawl, a court has heard. The Liverpool captain will plead not guilty to affray and assault after a disturbance at the Lounge Bar nightclub in Southport, Merseyside. Company director Marcus McGee, 34, from Churchtown, Southport, required hospital treatment after receiving facial injuries in the incident. Gerrard, 28, appeared before North Sefton Magistrates in Merseyside over his alleged part in a brawl after Liverpool's 5-1 win over Newcastle United earlier that day. He was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray along with John Doran, 29, and Ian Smith, 19, both from Huyton, Merseyside. Gerrard was driven to the magistrates' court in Southport and had jogged up the steps dressed in a dark blue suit. Dozens of photographers were kept back from the court entrance in a penned area.
ITN | January 23, 2009
