According to The Mirror, Liverpool defender Jon Flanagan has pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend.
The 25-year-old footballer appeared at the Liverpool Magistrates Court on Tuesday accused of beating Rachael Wall. He was charged after an incident on Duke Street in Liverpool City Centre on 22 December 2017. The case was adjourned to 17 January which is when Flanagan will be sentenced.
The court heard that he was seen on CCTV assaulting his partner Rachael, who he had been in a relationship with for a year and a half.
Lionel Greig, the defendant, said Wall had not provided a statement and there had been no previous instances of domestic violence in their relationship. He said that both parties were under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident.
Mr Greig told the court: “The defendant is a professional footballer and trains hard every day, and therefore doesn’t go out.
You don’t hear of him in court for all the wrong reasons, this was an isolated incident over the Christmas period.”
The district judge, Wendy Lloyd, said she had been given a breakdown of the CCTV, which showed Flanagan assaulting Wall on several occasions that night and kicking her at one point.
She told Flanagan that he would face a community penalty. “I need to be reassured that these circumstances will never be repeated again,” Lloyd said.
Flanagan was granted unconditional bail.
