Story byBBCMon, December 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM UTC·1 min readJoey Barton is being sentenced for "grossly offensive" social media posts about broadcaster Jeremy Vine and football pundits Lucy Ward and Eni AlukoThe judge's sentencing remarks are being televised - watch live at the top of the pageThe former Premier League footballer was found guilty last month on six counts - he was cleared of six other 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 2024In victim impact statements read to court on Monday, Vine calls Barton "a small man who feeds off the pain of others"; Ward says she is "constantly afraid"; while Aluko says she was "humiliated"At his trial, Barton argued he was the victim of a "political prosecution" and that his comments at Aluko and Ward were simply "dark and stupid humour" Watch as judge sentences Joey Barton for online posts about Vine, Aluko, and Ward.