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Friday, July 04, 2008, 12:34
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake pleaded guilty to two charges following an incident outside the Candy Store on November 11, 2007.
Plymouth Crown Court heard how an incident inside the club between Ebanks-Blake and his friends and another group over a spillage of drink, quickly developed.
Ebanks-Blake was “forcibly” ejected from the premises where upon his girlfriend appeared to react with a great deal of enthusiasm according to Judge Francis Gilbert.
It was initially thought Ebanks had then struck a doorman over the head with a bottle. However close scrutiny of CCTV found he had instead picked up his girlfriend’s handbag and used it to strike the doorman.
He also admitted to punching a doorman but causing no injury.
Ebanks-Blake who now plays for Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers was said to earn £8,250 per week as a striker.
Judge Francis Gilbert QC fined Ebanks £1,000 for the charge of actual bodily harm, £300 for the public order charge, ordered to pay £500 compensation to the doorman he injured, and pay £650 prosecution costs.
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