Shamed Footballer Steven Gerrard could face jail

Footballer Steven Gerrard has been charged with assault and affray following a nightclub brawl.

Steven Gerrard in The Lounge Inn shortly before the alleged incident.

The England player and Liverpool captain was charged this morning along with two other men who had also been arrested after a “disturbance” outside the Lounge Inn, a late-night bar in Southport, Merseyside, in the early hours of Monday morning.

The venue’s DJ, a 34-year-old local man, received hospital treatment after suffering facial injuries.

Gerrard, 28, was released from Southport police station early this morning.

In a statement, his club said: “Steven has been an outstanding servant to Liverpool for the last 10 years and the club will give him all the support he needs at this time.”

The Lounge Inn where the alleged incident took place

Gerrard was at the restaurant and bar – which turns into a nightclub – with friends to celebrate Liverpool’s 5-1 victory over Newcastle United.

A police statement said: “Merseyside Police has charged Steven Gerrard, 28, of Formby, John Doran, 29, and Ian Smith, 19, both from Huyton, Liverpool, with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray, following an incident at Bold Street in Southport.

“The three men will appear at North Sefton magistrates court on January 23.”

Gerrard and the two other men have been bailed. Three other men arrested in connection with the incident were released on police bail pending further inquiries.

Gerrard has been capped by England 70 times and has captained his country on four occasions.

He was made an MBE last year and received an honorary fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University.

Fresh from firing two goals against Newcastle on Sunday, Steven Gerrard was involved in a nightclub fracas that has seen the England midfielder charged with ABH.

It is almost the anniversary of fellow Scouser, Joey Barton’s Merseyside brawl that saw him spend three months at Her Majesty’s pleasure.

Should the Liverpool captain be convicted, it will be interesting to see how many of those calling for Newcastle to sack Barton will be equally vociferous in wanting Gerrard to be shown the door by the league leaders, ditched from the England set-up or even stripped of his MBE.

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Another Teenage Shot in Athens

According CNN thousands of protestors are protesting in Athens following the shooting of another teenage. Students are protesting in front of their schools . It was also revealed that a group of youths targeted the French Institute, later the police gathered and it ended in severe beating of the protestors on Thursday.
These protests were carried out after the bizzare shooting of the teenager earlier week. This week the boy who is shot is 17 year old and he has got severe gunshot injury on his hand. He is the son of the leading trade unionist. According to the police no police officers were involved in this shooting. The rumours of the mysterious shooting of the 17 year old is widespread in Athens and thousands of protestors are coming out on streets.
Opposition parties are demading fresh elections because they think the present government failed in calming down the situation.
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Pets Dumped because of Credit Crunch

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The home in southwest London has been caring for animals and providing its services for nearly 150 years.
Chief executive Jan Barlow blamed the economic downturn on the increase but also said new rules shifting responsibility for dealing with strays from the police to local authorities has worsened the problem.
The Dogs Trust produced a list this week of absurd reasons people have given for abandoning their pets.
One explanation given give by the owner was: “My dog doesn’t match the sofa.” Now we will see more and pets in pets care services because of the credit crunch.
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Moonlighting WPC

Moonlighting Police officer that advertised on a popular escort website named Notorious Girls has been suspended from Northumbria police force. The WPC worked as a hooker and earned as much as £100 per hour by entertaining punters with sexy lap dances wearing kinky knee high boots.

The popular 28 year old had up to twenty bookings per week, she never participated in any kinky activities but she was fully aware of her punters needs.

This wasn’t the first time that she had worked as a hooker, she stopped working last summer, but started again as she was having finance problems.

The WPC went by the name of Kelly, The internet site stated: “Kelly has got the entire package figure, looks and attitude. “Kelly has a large collection of matching lingerie set and footwear — including knee-high boots.”

The cop was one of 14 people held in Scotland and northern England in a prostitution and police corruption probe. All are on bail.

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