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LIVERPOOL STAR ADMITS ASSAULT ON GIRLFRIEND

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LIVERPOOL FC player Jon Flanagan has pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend.

The 25-year-old defender appeared before JPs yesterday accused of beating Rachael Wall. He was charged following an incident on Duke Street in Liverpool city centre at around 3.20am on Friday, December 22.

Flanagan’s case was adjourned to January 17 when he’ll be sentenced.

Domestic

Liverpool Magistrate­s’ Court heard he had been seen on CCTV assaulting his partner, who he has been in a relationsh­ip with for 18 months.

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He said that both parties were under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident.

District Judge Wendy Lloyd said she had been given a breakdown of the CCTV, which showed Flanagan assaulting his partner on “several occasions” and kicking her at one point.

She told Flanagan, who wore a black suit and tie, he would face a community penalty.

She said: “I need to be reassured that these circumstan­ces will never be repeated.”

Flanagan was given unconditio­nal bail. of domestic

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