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Teenager arrested in Gerrard case

Lounge Inn, Southport
Police were called to the Lounge Inn on 29 December

A teenager has been arrested in connection with an attack at a nightclub in which Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was allegedly involved.

A 34-year-old man was taken to hospital with facial injuries after a disturbance at the Lounge Inn in Southport, Merseyside, on 29 December.

Gerrard and two other men have since been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray.

A 19-year-old is now being questioned on suspicion of assault and affray.

Gerrard, 28, of Formby, Merseyside, is due to appear at North Sefton Magistrates' Court in Southport on 23 January along with John Doran, 29, and Ian Smith, 19, both from Huyton, Liverpool.



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