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Anthony Stokes was given a two-year suspended sentence earlier this month after admitting the assault on Anthony Bradley. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Anthony Stokes was given a two-year suspended sentence earlier this month after admitting the assault on Anthony Bradley. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

Blackburn’s Anthony Stokes ordered to pay €230,000 over Dublin head-butt

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Striker sued in Dublin high court over 2013 nightclub incident
Elvis impersonator Anthony Bradley had nose and two front teeth broken

Anthony Stokes has been ordered to pay an Elvis impersonator €230,000 (£196,000) for head-butting him in a nightclub.

The Blackburn Rovers striker had already agreed to give his victim €30,000 for breaking his nose and two of his teeth and faces the second payout after being sued in the high court in Dublin.

The former car park attendant Anthony Bradley, 53, was attacked by Stokes in the VIP section of what was then Buck Whaleys nightclub in Dublin on 8 June 2013.

Stokes was ordered to pay Bradley €150,000 in general damages, €50,000 in aggravated damages and €32,000 for medical expenses, Bradley’s solicitor, Joseph Burke, said.

Stokes, who is awaiting the birth of a third child, did not attend the hearing and had no lawyers in court.

The footballer, who has won six Scottish league title medals with Celtic and nine Republic of Ireland caps, was given a two-year suspended sentence earlier this month after admitting the assault.

“Mr Bradley has indicated that he is pleased with the outcome and that he simply wishes to get on with his life,” Burke said.

The damages award is enforceable in Britain.

During the hearing Bradley told the court he has not received an apology from Stokes over the incident, although lawyers for the footballer apologised on his behalf during the sentencing hearing at the start of February.

At the club Bradley twice had drink spilled on him by a man before he was head-butted by Stokes. The footballer was escorted from the premises following the incident and his sentencing heard he had told an employee: “If someone puts it up to me, I’m going to nut him.”

Bradley suffered a deviated septum and two broken front teeth. His medical bills have totalled €13,500 over the past three and a half years.

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