That twat who used to beat birds up....
Can't remember his name
Marlon King.
While our pious holier than thou fans, were busy grandstanding about Ched, or even resigning as patrons, this twat continued with his scumbag life, mainly, but not exclusively, involving violence against women.
Incidents and legal cases
While on loan to Hull City, King was alleged to have headbutted teammate
Dean Windass in a
casino in
Scarborough. Hull City stated that the matter had been dealt with internally, and both players remained with the club.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_King#cite_note-68"><span>[</span>68<span>]</span></a> Windass later described the incident as a "
storm in a teacup".
As of October 2009, King had convictions for 14 offences.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_King#cite_note-GuardConv-69"><span>[</span>69<span>]</span></a> He received fines, driving bans, community service sentences, a rehabilitation order and orders to pay compensation on convictions including: theft from a person and from a car, criminal damage, and attempting to obtain property by deception; fraudulent use of vehicle licence document, driving without insurance, speeding, drink driving; a wounding incident while playing amateur football, and two cases involving assault of young women rejecting his advances in the
Soho area of London.
Three cases led to imprisonment. In May 2002 he received an eighteen-month prison sentence for receiving stolen goods, in relation to a
BMW convertible that he was found driving, but was found not guilty of a charge of assaulting a police officer in a related case. His solicitor commented that "His reputation will be tarnished forever, whatever success he achieves, he'll always be referred to in a
Tyson-esque way as someone who has had a criminal past and that is a considerable penalty."<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_King#cite_note-TiLCv-70"><span>[</span>70<span>]</span></a><a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_King#cite_note-71"><span>[</span>71<span>]</span></a>
Gillingham continued to pay his salary while he was in jail, and supported in his appeal, which resulted in the sentence being reduced to nine months, with King being released on licence after five months, returning to the Gillingham team within two days of his release.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_King#cite_note-:2-6"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a>
In December 2008, again in the Soho area, King was arrested on suspicion of punching a 20-year-old female university student in the face, causing a broken nose and split lip for which she was treated in hospital. He was later convicted of
sexual assault and
assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and sentenced to 18 months in prison and placed on the
Sex Offender Register for seven years.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_King#cite_note-TelgConv-72"><span>[</span>72<span>]</span></a> Wigan Athletic immediately initiated the cancellation of his contract.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_King#cite_note-Wigansack-25"><span>[</span>25<span>]</span></a> King's agent,
Tony Finnigan, said he was confident that his client would find a club on his release,<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_King#cite_note-73"><span>[</span>73<span>]</span></a> and accused the
Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) of failing to offer support.
Gordon Taylor, the chief executive of the PFA, said that the PFA did not represent players when they have broken the law and been convicted on non-footballing matters. It would support members with anger management or other issues if approached but no approach had been made by King.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_King#cite_note-BBC1-22"><span>[</span>22<span>]</span></a> After his release, King made an appeal against the conviction which was unsuccessful.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_King#cite_note-74"><span>[</span>74<span>]</span></a>
King was arrested and bailed once more in April 2013 after a car crash which left one man seriously injured,<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_King#cite_note-75"><span>[</span>75<span>]</span></a> and in July of the same year, he was again arrested in connection with a hit-and-run incident which had left a second man injured.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_King#cite_note-76"><span>[</span>76<span>]</span></a> King pleaded 'not guilty' to the first incident in November of the same year and had a trial date set for March 2014.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_King#cite_note-march_trial-77"><span>[</span>77<span>]</span></a> On 15 May 2014, King of
Torksey,
Lincolnshire, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and banned from driving for three years.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_King#cite_note-BBC27423636-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a>
Following his release from prison, King moved to Zambia with his family.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_King#cite_note-78"><span>[</span>78<span>]</span></a>
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