10 football players with criminal records

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Marlon King

Marlon King arrives at the City of Westminster Magistrates Court to face charges of sexual assault.

Marlon King

The Jamaican striker has a long list of infractions that is almost unbelievable for a football player. He has been convicted for a total of 14 offences like theft, criminal damage, deception, speeding, drink driving and assault on women.

His first stint in prison was an 18 month sentence in 2002 for possessing stolen goods. The goods were in his BMW that he drove. He was playing for Gillingham at the time who continued to pay his salary while he was in jail. But they helped in his appeal and brought down the sentence to just nine months. He was released after five.

In 2008, while he was at Wigan Athletic, he was arrested and convicted for sexual assault and causing harm when he punched a 20-year-old student. He was given another 18 month sentence and even placed on the sex offenders list for seven years.

In 2013, he was arrested twice for automobile accidents – the first a car crash that severely injured one person and the second for a hit-and-run incident which also injured one man.

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