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Liverpool captain Gerrard charged over bar assault

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-12-30 17:08

LONDON - England and Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard was charged with assault on Tuesday following an incident at a bar in Southport, northwest England, police said.

Liverpool's Steven Gerrard celebrates scoring against Newcastle United during their English Premier League soccer match in Newcastle December 28, 2008. [Agencies]

"Steven Gerrard has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray," the duty inspector for Merseyside Police said.

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Gerrard, 28, was one of six men arrested in the early hours of December 29 after officers were called to a disturbance at the bar. A 34-year-old man was taken to hospital with facial injuries.

Two men have been charged alongside Gerrard with the same offences.

Gerrard had been released on police bail to appear before a magistrate at a later date, police said.