Six walk free after Gerrard club brawl

Six men involved in a bar room brawl with England footballer Steven Gerrard walked free from court today after being given suspended prison sentences.

Five of the men admitted affray and one admitted threatening behaviour in a fight with businessman Marcus McGee, 34, at the Lounge Inn in Southport last year.

Today, at Liverpool Crown Court, Recorder of Liverpool Henry Globe QC handed down sentences of 18 weeks imprisonment but suspended them for 12 months.

The defendants were also ordered to perform 150 hours of unpaid work.