Relatives of footballer face life imprisonment

TWO relatives of a Premiership footballer are facing up to 30 years in jail after they were convicted of the racist murder of black teenager Anthony Walker.

Anthony, aged 18, was slain with an ice axe after he walked away from thugs shouting racist abuse in Huyton, Merseyside, in July.

Michael Barton and Paul Taylor, the brother and cousin of Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton, will be sentenced to life imprisonment tomorrow. The minimum tariff for a racially aggravated murder is 30 years, although that figure is likely to fall following mitigation.