Football in Brief: Carroll's assault charge dropped; England friendly with Denmark; Barnett charged

Category: Football

Publish Date: 12-13-2010 07:00 PM -0500

Newcastle said yesterday they were "pleased" that an assault charge against their England striker Andy Carroll had been dropped. Carroll, who scored again in the weekend's 3-1 win over Liverpool, has been informed by the Crown Prosecution Service that it had reviewed the case against him and decided there was no realistic prospect of conviction.

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