Andy Carroll to appear in court after non-molestation order charge

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Former Newcastle and Liverpool striker Andy Carroll has been charged with breaching a non-molestation order and is about to look at courtroom.

Carroll, capped 9 instances by England and who moved from Newcastle to Liverpool for a then membership document £35m in 2011, was arrested in April after allegedly committing an offence the earlier month.

Essex Police mentioned: “A person has been charged with breaching a non-molestation order. Andrew Carroll, 36, of Epping, was arrested on April 27 and the alleged offences relate to an incident in March this yr. He is because of seem at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court docket on December 30.”

This date has since been pushed again, with the Crown Prosecution Service and HM Courts and Tribunals Service saying Carroll’s listening to was not listed for Tuesday and has been adjourned till 4 February.

Carroll additionally counts West Ham, Studying and West Brom amongst his former employers, spending six years with the Hammers earlier than returning to Newcastle in 2019.

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After a spell in France with Amiens and Bordeaux, he signed for Nationwide League South membership Dagenham in July.

He’s scored six objectives for the Daggers this season however has not been of their matchday squad for the final two video games.

A non-molestation order is a UK courtroom injunction, sometimes to cease a person from contacting one other individual.

Punishments for breaching the order vary from a fantastic to, within the severest of instances, as much as 5 years in jail.