Joey Barton comments on Twitter
All the papers are talking about whether Barton will avoid contempt of court charges over Twitter comments about the John Terry / Anton Ferdinand case - but what did he actually say? Can't find his actual comments anywhere!
In short, he basically said that he wasn't anywhere near the incident so didn't hear what Terry said for himself. But, it's plain to see via video evidence what was said and that the FA shouldn't be allowing the case to continue in the manor that they have.
His casepoint being, that if it were anyone else (eg: Evra / Suarez case) then it would have been resolved within days, not being dragged through court and costing the taxpayers money.
He hasn't said anything that hasn't already been said in the media.
Originally Posted by Si80
But it's not plain to see is it? Part of the conversation is blocked out by players going past. Can't see where the concrete proof is of exactly what he said word for word, and therein lies the problem. If Terry did say what he's supposed to have said I think it is going to be hard to prove in a court of law. If you only have part of a conversation then the rest is open to conjecture.
Even if Terry is guilty of saying what he's reported to have said I can still see him being found not guilty in court. Seems like Ferdinand didn't hear what was said, Barton didn't hear what was said and Ashley Cole was the closest to Terry, so as his teammate you would expect him to back his fellow player in this wouldn't you.
But can he be found guilty by the FA if proved innocent in court? The FA only need the same level of proof to the Saurez case don't need to prove guilt 'beyond reasonable doubt' like a court of law.
The biggest farce of all is that the maximum penalty for such an offence is £2,500. How much will it cost for the courts and all of the lawyers etc not to mention the ridiculous amount of space in the papers day after day which is afforded until some real news comes along. Surely it would be better for everyone concerned if he said look I didn't do it but I'll accept a 3 game ban and make a £25k (10 x max fine) donation to a charity for helping black kids on the streets of London. Then we could have all moved on months ago.
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance - Plato
Why Black kids and why London? Why not kids in general?
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Haha singling out black kids would not do him any justice. He may as well say he will donate the money for the white kids of london!
But with the Suarez case weren't the FA saying his version of events didn't tie in with all the evidence that had been given by everyone else? Seems with the Terry case that hardly anyone, if anyone at all, heard what he said and of course the tv evidence suffers from the partial blind spot of what Terry words he actually uttered.
I think Terry will get off whether he is guilty or not.
What I don't get is if Ferdinand heard him why did he not say anything at the time? Surely he would be going mad if it deeply hurt him and offended him? I am not saying he would have started caving Terry's face in but was there a fracas or anything after he said it or did he just walk off?
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