Liverpool’s Jon Flanagan receives a 12-month community order for assaulting his girlfriend
LIVERPOOL defender Jon Flanagan must do 40 hours of unpaid work and attend 15 rehabilitation activity days as part of a 12-month community order for assaulting his girlfriend.
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LIVERPOOL defender Jon Flanagan must do 40 hours of unpaid work and attend 15 rehabilitation activity days as part of a 12-month community order for assaulting his girlfriend.
The 25-year-old Flanagan pleaded guilty to assault after being caught on camera grabbing his girlfriend by the neck and throat, throwing her against a wall, and kicking her while she was on the ground during a night out in Liverpool last month.
He was sentenced at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, with his club expressing its “disappointment and anger” that Flanagan had “failed to live up to the values of Liverpool Football Club.”
“We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the player’s actions during the events that took place resulting in this criminal conviction,” the club said in a statement.
“It leaves his own reputation damaged and, through association, he has severely let down the club he had previously represented with distinction.
“We have expressed to him our disappointment and anger that he has failed to live up to the values of Liverpool Football Club, in this specific instance.
“The club has allowed the legal formalities to reach a conclusion before deciding on or implementing any internal disciplinary action. That internal process will now begin.”
“The club has no further comment to make at this time.”
Lionel Greig, defending Flanagan, told Liverpool Magistrates’ Court during the sentencing hearing: ““Hopefully his employers can give him support and advice to help deal with the issues raised on that night.”
Flanagan came through Liverpool’s academy system and made his senior debut in 2011.
He has played more than 50 times for the club but only once this season, in the League Cup.
Flanagan’s lawyer, Lionel Greig, said the player “deeply regrets his behaviour and there is genuine remorse,” adding that the couple are still together and working at their relationship.
“You are, of course, a young man of previous good character,” judge Wendy Lloyd said, “and therefore it’s undoubtedly sad that you have brought yourself here by your behaviour.”
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