Liverpool defender, Jon Flanagan has been sentenced to 40 hours of unpaid work and a community order after pleading guilty to assaulting his girlfriend on 22 December.
Flanagan was charged with assaulting Rachael Wall at 03:20 on the night in question, on Duke Street in Liverpool City Centre. The court was shown CCTV footage of the incident and told how the 25-year-old kicked Ms Wall at one point.
District Judge Wendy Lloyd told Flanagan 'You are, of course, a young man of previous good character and therefore it's undoubtedly sad that you have brought yourself here by your behaviour,' handing him a sentence which includes 15 rehabilitation activity days, 40 hours upaid work, £85 costs and £85 victim surcharge.
Judge Lloyd accepted that Flanagan was of 'previous good character' but added that 'I have been given a detailed breakdown of that CCTV footage which shows that you assaulted this young lady not just once but on several occasions during that few minutes in the early hours, once involving your foot.'
