King jailed for 18 months

Marlon King jailed for 18 months following club attack

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Wigan striker Marlon King has been jailed for 18 months after being found guilty of groping a young woman in a nightclub and then breaking her nose when she spurned his "disgusting'' advances, with the Premier League club confirming they will now sack the player.
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Marlon King has played only 15 minutes for Wigan this season.

King, who was celebrating both his wife's pregnancy and scoring a winning goal hours earlier, was repeatedly "cold-shouldered'' by women revellers in London's packed Soho Revue Bar last December.

When a slightly-built university student became the latest to recoil from his touch, he lost his temper and in an outburst of "completely gratuitous violence'' lashed out, "smashing'' her to the floor. His single clenched fist blow was so powerful that two other revellers - one of them holding on to his arm - were also sent flying.

While bouncers moved in to restrain the muscular £5 million striker, friends rushed to the aid of his victim. As she was helped to her feet, blood poured from her shattered nose, London's Southwark Crown Court heard.

The 29-year-old, from Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, claimed he was a victim of "mistaken identity''.

But after hearing overwhelming evidence from a string of witnesses, including a football coach who insisted he was the assailant, the jury decided he was lying.

He was unanimously convicted of sexually assaulting the 20-year-old and causing actual bodily harm.

Wigan chairman Dave Whelan has confirmed that the club will give King notice that his contract at the club will be cancelled following Thursday's news.

Whelan told Sky Sports News: "We have to follow the rules and regulations, which means we will have to give him 40 days notice that his contract will be cancelled.

"He is absolutely sacked - we will not tolerate football players who get sent to jail for 18 months. As far as we are concerned, he is finished with football at Wigan Athletic.''

Celebrating wifes pregnancy by groping women in a club and then breaking their nose when he doesn't get any? What a c**t. Hope his wife leaves him too.

Got what he deserves.

Celebrating wifes pregnancy by groping women in a club and then breaking their nose when he doesn't get any? What a c**t. Hope his wife leaves him too.

Probably prancing round the place giving it the "Don't you know who I am."

Shithouse just for hitting a women, wonder whose bi*ch he'll be?

Probably prancing round the place giving it the "Don't you know who I am."

Shithouse just for hitting a women, wonder whose bi*ch he'll be?

Fooking Knob end will probably get it cushty being the nick football coach /gym teacher or some other bollocks, F**k me if I'd groped any bird before/after/during my missus's pregnancy I wouldn't have made the court date she'd have cut me balls off.

Disrespect of any kind to women is something i just do not stand for, so as soon as i saw that i couldn't give a F**k. As i said, a c**t, and i hope when he gets out of jail he finds his home empty. Kid doesn't deserve a father like that.

Probably prancing round the place giving it the "Don't you know who I am."

Bunch of people going, "No, sorry"

Probably prancing round the place giving it the "Don't you know who I am."

Shithouse just for hitting a women, wonder whose bi*ch he'll be?

Apparently that's exactly what he said.

'Dont you know who I am? I'm a millionaire'.

F***ing tw*t, and he's got what he deserves. Doesn't deserve the fortunes he's been given.

Now I understand why he's moved clubs so much too - it's obvious he's not a popular character.

Dick'ed

What a c**t.

BBC News just had the Wigan chairman I think it was on the phone.

He said that in no way shape or form will King ever pull on a Wigan shirt again and that his footballing career is pretty much over.

Can't see why any club would want to take him on now.

An absolute disgrace of a human being.

Now all he needs is joey barton for a cellmate.

Fair play to Dave Whelan at Wigan. Hes giving King 14 days notice that he is being sacked. Said he doesnt want people who do what King done associated with his club

Yeah, fair play to Whelan for taking a stand on this.  I'm glad the thug has to do time, he deserves it.  Should have added on more time for him being a liar for denying it as well.

The F***ing style of him breezin into court he looks like a premier c**t and deserves everything thats coming to him.

sh*t at football too.

Sh*t at football too.

Yeah thats true. And him telling the woman shes not in his class hes a millionaire f**kin tw*t

BBC News just had the Wigan chairman I think it was on the phone.

He said that in no way shape or form will King ever pull on a Wigan shirt again and that his footballing career is pretty much over.

Can't see why any club would want to take him on now.

An absolute disgrace of a human being.

The will be a club somewhere that will take him on look at Baton Collymore Wise to name but a few. All horrors but all taken on by football clubs.

If he said his name was Joey Barton then he would have only got 6 weeks.

Got what he deserved!

What a c**t.

What a complete tw*t.

His agent's now said that he don't think he'll have much trouble getting back into football.

He's probably right. For whatever reason some club will probably take him.

Highly doubt it will be a Premier League one, though.

Knob thinks hes above the law got what he deserves,no doubt when he comes out he will get a chance at Newcastle.

Don't drop the soap.