Joey Barton's Jeremy Vine posts defamatory, High Court rules

A High Court judge has ruled that comments Joey Barton made about Jeremy Vine on social media were defamatory.

She said the "strong impression" from the words was that the term was being used in its "primary meaning to allege the claimant has a sexual interest in children".The ex Premier League footballer turned manager Mr Barton, 41, had called Mr Vine, 59, a "bike nonce" and "pedo defender".

That prompted the broadcaster to ask whether Mr Barton, who was manager of Bristol Rovers until October last year, had a brain injury.

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