UK soccer star faces jail term for assaulting girl in nightclub

UK soccer star faces jail term for assaulting girl in nightclubLondon, Feb. 13 : Wigan soccer star Marlon King could face jail after being charged with indecently assaulting a girl in a nightclub and breaking her nose.

According to The Sun, King is said to have attacked the 20-year-old student when she shunned his advances.

Married father-of-two King, 28, was originally arrested in December.

He answered bail at London's Charing Cross police station yesterday and was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and sexual assault by touching.

King, who is on loan at Middlesbrough, is due to appear before City of Westminster magistrates on February 25.

The ABH charge carries a maximum of five years' jail. (ANI)

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