Andy Carroll fined for nightclub assault

Carroll: Fined £1000

Newcastle striker Andy Carroll has been fined £1,000 after admitting assaulting a man in a nightclub.

The 21-year-old pleaded guilty to common assault and was ordered to pay an additional £2,500 compensation at Newcastle Crown Court.

Carroll had earlier denied assault occasioning actual bodily harm - a charge which was dropped when he pleaded guilty to the lesser offence.
The incident happened in the city's Blu Bambu club on December 7 last year and left victim,  Michael Cook, requiring hospital treatment for a head injury.

Carroll had been out drinking since 2pm on Sunday December 6 last year before heading the Blu Bambu nightclub in Newcastle's Bigg Market.

He continued drinking inside the nightclub and had drunk between eight and nine pints of lager before lashing out at Sunday League footballer Mr Cook, who was with a group of friends, following an incident involving a spilled drink.

Carroll had in the past received a caution for causing actual bodily harm after he slapped a woman outside a nightclub in 2008, bruising her face.

In a separate incident, Carroll was arrested last week over accusations of attacking his teenage ex-girlfriend after she allegedly caught him having sex with another woman.