Scott Law’s defence said Micah Richards was Roy Keane’s ‘puppy’ and did not see the assault. Law pleaded not guilty to head-butting the pundit
The former Manchester City defender Micah Richards told a court he “grappled” with a man accused of head-butting his punditry partner
After the match, footage was widely shared on social media of Richards stepping in to calm an apparent confrontation. Discussing the aftermath of the incident, Richards said: “I grappled with the gentleman for a while. I believe I was saying to him: ‘What have you done that for?’ I sort of grabbed him and pushed him towards further out of the corridor. I was basically trying to restrain him until security could deal with the matter.
Law’s defence team alleged that CCTV footage from inside the stadium, shown in court, displayed Keane elbowing the defendant in the face and delivering an “upper cut elbow to the nose”. Richards denied this and said his colleague was “trying to defend himself”. He said: “You wouldn’t get sent off for that – standing your ground.”
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