Joey Barton is being sentenced for “grossly offensive” social media posts about broadcaster Jeremy Vine and football pundits Lucy Ward and Eni AlukoThe former Premier League footballer was found guilty last month on six countsBarton compared Aluko and Ward to serial killers Fred and Rose West, and called Vine a “bike nonce” in posts sent between January and March 2024Jurors at Liverpool Crown Court accepted the prosecution’s argument that Barton, from Huyton in Merseyside, had “crossed the line between free speech and a crime” Joey Barton to be sentenced for ‘grossly offensive’ social media posts