Joey Barton appeared to downplay his brother Michael Barton's role in a 2005 racially-motivated murder as his taking part in a 'f***ing scrap' in a clip from an upcoming podcast appearance.
Michael - whose brother featured for Manchester City at the time of the murder of Anthony Walker - was released from prison in September 2022 having served 17 years of a life sentence for his part in killing the black 18-year-old in McGoldrick Park in Liverpool.
Walker was returning home with his girlfriend Louisa Thompson and cousin Marcus Binns when Michael - accompanied by his cousin Paul Taylor - began hurling racist epithets at Walker, saying: 'walk, n*****, walk' as the trio passed by.