Watford striker Troy Deeney sentenced to ten months in prison for affray.

3:26pm Monday 25th June 2012 in Latest Football News

Deeney sentenced to ten months in prison Deeney sentenced to ten months in prison

Watford striker Troy Deeney has been sentenced to ten months in prison.

The Hornets' top scorer admitted a charge of affray on May 11 following a violent brawl in his home town of Birmingham that left four students injured.

The 23-year-old pleaded guilty to the charge along with his brother Ellis Deeney and two other men, Oliver Brennan and Marc Williams.

Ellis and Williams have been sentenced to eight months, suspended for 18 months, and Brennan has been sentenced to eight months in a young offenders institution.

At the May 11 hearing, prosecutor Marni Chimber said the punch-up broke out between the students and the four defendants near a bus stop in Broad Street at around 2.20am on Wednesday, February 29.

The incident was captured on CCTV and Miss Chimber said Troy, of Keepers Gate, in Chelmsley Wood, was filmed punching one student then kicking him on the ground before punching another.

She said when police arrived and arrested Troy Deeney he put up a struggle, causing an officer to dislocate a neck bone.

The football player had originally been charged with assaulting a police officer but the charge was dropped.

Troy, Ellis, 21, of Poplar Avenue Chelmsley Wood, as well as Brennan, 20, of Hazel Croft, Chelmsley Wood and 26-year-old and Williams, of Stonebridge Crescent, Kingshurst, were bailed conditionally and the initial June 12 sentencing was pushed back until today.

Troy was released by Aston Villa in his teens and was training to be a bricklayer and playing non-league football for Chelmsley Town before he was spotted by Walsall as an 18-year-old.

The striker impressed for the League One side and after scoring 14 goals and winning the club's player of the season award in 2010, was signed by Watford for an initial £250,000.

There will be more from Deeney's court case later today.

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phall lover says...
3:32pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Another overpaid brainless moron

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radio_rocking says...
3:33pm Mon 25 Jun 12

What does this mean?

Ellis and Williams have been sentenced to eight months, suspended for 18 months

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babyhornet says...
3:35pm Mon 25 Jun 12

It means that they are on probation for 18months basically. They cannot put a foot wrong for that time or else the sentence will be added to any new time.

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PeteBogHorrorHornet says...
3:36pm Mon 25 Jun 12

It means they are free at the moment but have to behave themselves for the next 18 months or they go straight to prison to serve their 8 months

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PeteBogHorrorHornet says...
3:38pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Is Troys sentence also suspended or his he now banged up?

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radio_rocking says...
3:41pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Thanks, so I wonder why Troy's was not suspended.

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Watford Man says...
3:43pm Mon 25 Jun 12

PeteBogHorrorHornet wrote:
Is Troys sentence also suspended or his he now banged up?
He is banged up

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aussihornet says...
3:45pm Mon 25 Jun 12

As long as we don't pay him for those 10 months I will be happy. Why pay him if he's banged up in prison!

Di Natalie anyone ;)

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Watford Man says...
3:46pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Watford Man wrote:
PeteBogHorrorHornet wrote:
Is Troys sentence also suspended or his he now banged up?
He is banged up
He is well and truly banged up good and proper at Her Majesty's Pleasure.

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akureyri says...
3:53pm Mon 25 Jun 12

He can practice being the "saint" that some think he is, in a quite place with only a few distractions.

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IntelligentHornet says...
3:58pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Maybe he'll come out of prison like a unit? Does this mean he is worse than Barton don't think even he's served that long!

At least no ones gonna buy him!

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PeteBogHorrorHornet says...
4:03pm Mon 25 Jun 12

So I guess he'll be out in 5/6 months, if he behaves inside, ready to start playing again...will he be sacked by the club though?

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G_Whiz says...
4:10pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Some people just watch too many movies!
Note to one-self..
Never drink too many shandies, never lead an attack on students on cctv!
Oh yea!...and grow up!

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mrbankrupt says...
4:13pm Mon 25 Jun 12

PeteBogHorrorHornet wrote:
So I guess he'll be out in 5/6 months, if he behaves inside, ready to start playing again...will he be sacked by the club though?
I should think that will depend on who owns the club & if the new owners get a new manager or not.
Very silly boy which ever way you look at it.

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McHornet says...
4:13pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Just as he gets good! Typical!

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mattymashup says...
4:14pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Silly boy he shouldn't have got himself in that position in the first place let alone kicking someone on the ground. He has been banged up as he should not be setting that kind of example. I hope the club don't pay him or sack him. Although we are a family club so I think his career with us is now over.

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Rusty Bakayoko says...
4:22pm Mon 25 Jun 12

This situation puts the club in a tough spot. You would presume he has severely breached club discipline with this act so the club are well within their rights to sack him but that decision would no doubt anger many fans. If the club decide to stand by him during his term then there could be a media backlash calling for us to get rid of him and calling the club's integrity into question. I feel the club are damned if they do and damned if they don't on this.

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WFC4ever says...
4:25pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Hm...I guess most people in ordinary jobs would be sacked but then this is football and he had just signed a new deal!

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Toshhorn says...
4:26pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Explain the difference between 8 Gloucester and Northampton (I think) Rugby players having a stand up punch up, with Heads and eyes being split at least two players being dumped on their backside, and what Denney did?
One set of blokes get prison sentences the other group, I think only 1 player got cited

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JimBob1 says...
4:28pm Mon 25 Jun 12

radio_rocking wrote:
Thanks, so I wonder why Troy's was not suspended.
It could be he has previous, he was the ringleader, he caused the most serious injuries, because a PC was injured while arresting him... I don't know but those are some possibilities for a start.

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lutondown says...
4:31pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Well looks like a lot of our fans are happy, and Roy Stockdill delirious.
I just think our justice system is a farce when you look at some of the heinous crimes commited and barely punished.
He is a silly boy but just wish there was more consistency in the law world

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McHornet says...
4:33pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Toshhorn wrote:
Explain the difference between 8 Gloucester and Northampton (I think) Rugby players having a stand up punch up, with Heads and eyes being split at least two players being dumped on their backside, and what Denney did?
One set of blokes get prison sentences the other group, I think only 1 player got cited
Because in Rugby, what happens on the pitch, mostly stays on the pitch. I agree fighting is fighting, but Rugby players to have a reputation for leaving it once it has happened! Footballers have the reputation of being vile money/testosterone fuelled louts! I think football's reputation preceeds itself and that comes into play in court rooms...

personal opinion!

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andyhooked says...
4:34pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Sack him then. Not available to play. Will not be fit when he comes out of prison and his head will be in the wrong place. Without new owners we can not buy a replacement. Screwed himself up and screwed us the fans and screwed the club up. Sad, but everyone is responsible for their own actions. Even if this goes to an appeal and a reduced sentence still no good for WFC. Harry Hornet at No. 9 witout his silly boots on?

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cliff46 says...
4:37pm Mon 25 Jun 12

What an idiot, particularly after all the family man twaddle he fed us a while back.
I guess he will be available around January ish.
Can't see us sacking him, even if the takeover goes ahead. There will be lots of apologies from him, probably a gross misconduct final warning from the club and if he doesnt perform in the second half of the season he will be sold in the summer.

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Back from Hammerau says...
4:40pm Mon 25 Jun 12

lutondown wrote:
Well looks like a lot of our fans are happy, and Roy Stockdill delirious. I just think our justice system is a farce when you look at some of the heinous crimes commited and barely punished. He is a silly boy but just wish there was more consistency in the law world
Given what he admitted to doing, I think the justice system got this one right.

As for what the club will do, they might decide to initially just stop paying his salary and give themselves time for the ownership and possibly managership to change before deciding whether to take him back once his sentence is over.

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Hampshire hornet says...
4:40pm Mon 25 Jun 12

The law is an arse, I sat in Crown Court wanting an attacker to be put away, he got away with it despite numerous previous violent convictions! Poor sod who he attacked was put in Hospital just because the attacker thought he looked at him 'funny'
No excuse Troy, we don't live in a Society that accepts his behaviour, face a sacking and WFC should sue him for breach of contract least they should push for is his original transfer fee, he wasn't that good anyway

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lutondown says...
4:41pm Mon 25 Jun 12

McHornet wrote:
Toshhorn wrote:
Explain the difference between 8 Gloucester and Northampton (I think) Rugby players having a stand up punch up, with Heads and eyes being split at least two players being dumped on their backside, and what Denney did?
One set of blokes get prison sentences the other group, I think only 1 player got cited
Because in Rugby, what happens on the pitch, mostly stays on the pitch. I agree fighting is fighting, but Rugby players to have a reputation for leaving it once it has happened! Footballers have the reputation of being vile money/testosterone fuelled louts! I think football's reputation preceeds itself and that comes into play in court rooms...

personal opinion!
Don't think you an compare a drink fuelled punch up with a dust up on a sports field
Having played as a prop, I punched and got punched, never contrived but always in the heat of the moment.
What we did always do was shake hands and have a pint after.
We never spat at each other either!

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lutondown says...
4:42pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Hampshire hornet wrote:
The law is an arse, I sat in Crown Court wanting an attacker to be put away, he got away with it despite numerous previous violent convictions! Poor sod who he attacked was put in Hospital just because the attacker thought he looked at him 'funny'
No excuse Troy, we don't live in a Society that accepts his behaviour, face a sacking and WFC should sue him for breach of contract least they should push for is his original transfer fee, he wasn't that good anyway
Weren't you the one waiting anxiously to see how mine and Jason's dust up went?
Double standards!
Lol

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garston 'orn says...
4:44pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Silly boy, always thought he sounded stupid from his interviews. Truely dissapointed! It will be sad to see him release but its the only thing we can do. He was sh** the first season he came to us and poor for the first half of this season. Dyche had faith in him and he let him down truely. He was in a rolemodel position and has let us fans down. P.S dont worry guys we have our saviour 1 goal a season joe garner ;)

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stevyweavy says...
4:46pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Well Bas that's about £0.5m off your sale price then; that's if you still have anything left to sell.

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endean1 says...
4:48pm Mon 25 Jun 12

sorry but no sympathy from me
on this one, certainly he should not be paid whilst in jail but I would hope that he may be given another chance by the club.
possibly they have a good team in the nick and he can train with them.
Lets get this take over sucessfully completed and sign up some good new talent from a country that knows how to produce properly skilled footballers and not the DROSS we have

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WFC4ever says...
4:50pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Toshhorn wrote:
Explain the difference between 8 Gloucester and Northampton (I think) Rugby players having a stand up punch up, with Heads and eyes being split at least two players being dumped on their backside, and what Denney did?
One set of blokes get prison sentences the other group, I think only 1 player got cited
Well true but same could be said for Joey Barton's actions v Man City on the final day which got him a nice little rest for 12 games..

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watford1881 says...
5:15pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Wonder what the new owners will do if the sale goes through sometime this week.. I would sack him.. We don't want his sort at our club.. What do U think the young supporters would think.. Crime is cool?? Show some backbone & boot him out.. People think rightly that we are the first family club to be in British football.. This does nothing for this thought.. The young supporters of Watford should never look up to this Muppet...

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Alex Hillcroft says...
5:20pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Beating up students shouldn't be illegal

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lutondown says...
5:24pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Alex Hillcroft wrote:
Beating up students shouldn't be illegal
Especially those lefty unwashed types!

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LSC says...
5:34pm Mon 25 Jun 12

We have all done stupid things in the past I'm sure, but there are some occupations where you simply can't. Astronauts, front line soldiers, surgeons.
They usually manage not to be idiots. This lad is paid more than any of them, and one of the rules of that huge amount of money is: 'Don't be an idiot'.
I have no sympathy.

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watford9140 says...
5:38pm Mon 25 Jun 12

there would be more panic setting in about this if the italians were not about to take over...

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Rodney Green's Green Gloves says...
5:41pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Deeney should of asked GT to give the court a character witness. GT got Tony Coton off something similar.

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mrbankrupt says...
5:52pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Rodney Green's Green Gloves wrote:
Deeney should of asked GT to give the court a character witness. GT got Tony Coton off something similar.
I think your find Tony coton didn't need 3 of his pals,he was quite good looking after himself.

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Surbiton says...
5:53pm Mon 25 Jun 12

He is an adult, he has a family and responsibilities to his club and supporters. He clearly could not live up to any of this, because he like so many others in his trade they think once they become professional footballers, they can behave how they want and get away with it. Get the message Deeney you won't, ask Marlon King. He didn't learn either! Sack him, he is not fit to wear our shirt.

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mrbankrupt says...
5:58pm Mon 25 Jun 12

Surbiton wrote:
He is an adult, he has a family and responsibilities to his club and supporters. He clearly could not live up to any of this, because he like so many others in his trade they think once they become professional footballers, they can behave how they want and get away with it. Get the message Deeney you won't, ask Marlon King. He didn't learn either! Sack him, he is not fit to wear our shirt.
Ask Marlon King?Well thanks to that p..ck Bothroyd he walked straight back into football still earning thousands.
Crime pays in that women beaters case

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garston 'orn says...
6:08pm Mon 25 Jun 12

mrbankrupt wrote:
Surbiton wrote:
He is an adult, he has a family and responsibilities to his club and supporters. He clearly could not live up to any of this, because he like so many others in his trade they think once they become professional footballers, they can behave how they want and get away with it. Get the message Deeney you won't, ask Marlon King. He didn't learn either! Sack him, he is not fit to wear our shirt.
Ask Marlon King?Well thanks to that p..ck Bothroyd he walked straight back into football still earning thousands.
Crime pays in that women beaters case
totally agree don't want him back at our club, to tell you the truth he wasn't that great a player. Forget the loyalty comments spouting about, he punched a student who was on the floor barely conscious continuousy, pathetic, blaming it on his hard year. Everyones relatives die but we dont go round have punch ups. He has a sun what a tw*t

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stevyweavy says...
6:16pm Mon 25 Jun 12

lutondown wrote:
Alex Hillcroft wrote: Beating up students shouldn't be illegal
Especially those lefty unwashed types!
Really adult comments. He was sentenced for kicking someone in the head when they were already down on the ground and barely conscious. Hardly self defence and all caught on CCTV - also managed to dislocate a police officer's neck. Unfortunately he deserves everything he gets - unless it's wages from Watford FC!

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Hampshire hornet says...
6:30pm Mon 25 Jun 12

lutondown wrote:
Hampshire hornet wrote:
The law is an arse, I sat in Crown Court wanting an attacker to be put away, he got away with it despite numerous previous violent convictions! Poor sod who he attacked was put in Hospital just because the attacker thought he looked at him 'funny'
No excuse Troy, we don't live in a Society that accepts his behaviour, face a sacking and WFC should sue him for breach of contract least they should push for is his original transfer fee, he wasn't that good anyway
Weren't you the one waiting anxiously to see how mine and Jason's dust up went?
Double standards!
Lol
Yeah nothing wrong with watching a good fight when per arranged. Lol

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G_Whiz says...
10:30am Tue 26 Jun 12

Toshhorn wrote:
Explain the difference between 8 Gloucester and Northampton (I think) Rugby players having a stand up punch up, with Heads and eyes being split at least two players being dumped on their backside, and what Denney did?
One set of blokes get prison sentences the other group, I think only 1 player got cited
This one wasn't a fight - It was a one sided attack!

Less Tosh and more Horn!

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ceawake says...
6:46pm Fri 29 Jun 12

Poor Joey Barton, he will be fuming that this unheard of Heeney guy has nicked the headlines for his thuggery. Only there are no headlines; no one has heard him and nobody cares.

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