West Ham midfielder Ravel Morrison has assault charges dropped
Thursday 15 January 2015 12:45, UK
West Ham midfielder Ravel Morrison has been cleared of all charges of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her mother.
The 21-year-old was accused of hitting Reah Mansoor, 19, and her mother, Parveen Mansoor, 39, after a night out at a nightclub in his home city of Manchester last July 24.
He was due to go on trial at Manchester Crown Court later this month but the charges were dropped by the prosecution on Thursday and Morrison, who was not in court, was found not guilty.
Guy Mathieson, prosecuting, told the court the charges had been withdrawn after Morrison's defence team recovered CCTV footage of the first alleged assault outside the One Central nightclub, in Manchester city centre.
It showed that Morrison had not hit his ex, as was alleged, and she had "slumped" to the floor on her own.
The ex-girlfriend also withdrew her statement alleging Morrison later assaulted her outside her home when he dropped her off and there was "reluctance" from her mother to proceed with the alleged assault on her.
All three charges of assault were withdrawn.
