24/11/2006

Footballer in court on assault charges

Premiership footballer Anton Ferdinand has appeared in court charged with assault and violent disorder.

The West Ham defender and brother of Manchester United defender Rio was arrested following an incident outside the Faces nightclub in Ilford in east London last month.

Ferdinand, 21, from Mottingham, south-east London, was bailed to reappear at Redbridge magistrates on December 1.

Edward Dawkins, from Beckton, east London, also appeared in court charged with the same offences.

He was also released on bail to reappear in court on December 1.

(KMcA)


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