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Ex-Chelsea star Kerry Dixon jailed for pub assault

Updated on: 21 June,2015 02:42 AM IST  | 
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Former Chelsea and England striker Kerry Dixon was jailed for nine months Friday after being found guilty of assaulting a man in a bar in an attack described as “sickening”. Dixon, 53, had denied attacking a fellow drinker in Dunstable, 30 miles (48km) north of London.

Ex-Chelsea star Kerry Dixon jailed for pub assault

Kerry Dixon

London: Former Chelsea and England striker Kerry Dixon was jailed for nine months Friday after being found guilty of assaulting a man in a bar in an attack described as “sickening”. Dixon, 53, had denied attacking a fellow drinker in Dunstable, 30 miles (48km) north of London.


Kerry Dixon
Kerry Dixon


But the assault on 38-year-old father-of-two Ben Scoble in May last year was caught on CCTV. Judge Barbara Mensah said the attack was “shocking and sickening to watch” and that the violence used was “disproportionate and over the top”.


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