Former footballer Joey Barton will remain in custody until his trial next year after a bail application was refused.
The 44-year-old had been due to stand trial at Liverpool Crown Court last week accused of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Kevin Lynch, 51, at £1,440-a-year Huyton and Prescot golf club in Merseyside, on March 8.
But, on Wednesday, the case was adjourned and put back to March next year.
Barton, wearing a grey zip-up fleece, appeared over videolink from HMP Liverpool at a hearing on Monday, when Judge David Potter refused a renewed bail application.
He nodded as the judge remanded him
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