Reggae Boy Marlon King jailed for 18 months
Published:Thursday | October 29, 2009 | 5:43 PM
Jamaica international footballer Marlon King has been jailed for 18 months for sexually assaulting a woman in a bar.
The sentence was handed down in Southwark Crown Court in London’s southeast today.
The Wigan Athletic striker reportedly committed the act against a 20-year-old student in London last December.
He groped her and then punched her, leaving her with a broken nose.
The father-of-three, from Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, had insisted it was a case of mistaken identity, but the jury returned a unanimous verdict.
King was convicted of sexually assaulting the woman and causing actual bodily harm.
The assault happened at the Soho Revue Bar at a time when he was on loan with Hull City.
King was celebrating two occasions - his wife\'s latest pregnancy and the scoring of a winning goal - with a night out in the West End.