Footballer ‘broke woman’s nose’

PREMIER League footballer Marlon King groped a young woman and then broke her nose when she rejected his advances at a celebrity nightclub, a court heard yesterday.

Footballer ‘broke woman’s nose’

The Wigan Athletic striker had allegedly shouted, “Don’t you know who I am, I’m a millionaire”, before “smashing her in the face with a clenched fist”.

London’s Southwark Crown Court heard his “completely gratuitous violence” came just minutes after he spotted the slightly-built 20-year-old at the Soho Revue Bar last December.

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