Stokes charged with ‘affray’

AFP, LONDON: England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been charged with affray by prosecutors regarding his alleged involvement in an incident outside a nightclub in September, prosecutors announced Monday.

The confrontation left a man with a fractured eye socket and saw Stokes suspended from international cricket until "further notice" by the ECB, meaning he missed the Ashes series in Australia. Confirming the criminal charge, a spokesperson for England's Crown Prosecution Service said: "The CPS was passed a file of evidence by Avon and Somerset Police on 29 November in relation to an incident of disorder in Bristol city centre.

 

 

Stokes charged with affray

AFP, LONDON: England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been charged with affray by prosecutors regarding his alleged involvement in an incident outside a nightclub in September, prosecutors announced Monday. The confrontation left a man with a fractured eye socket and saw Stokes suspended from international cricket until further notice by the ECB, meaning he missed the Ashes series in Australia. Confirming the criminal charge, a spokesperson for Englands Crown Prosecution Service said: The CPS was passed a file of evidence by Avon and Somerset Police on 29 November in relation to an incident of disorder in Bristol city centre.