Stokes, 27, was fined a total of £30,000, while Hales, 29, was fined £17,500, £10,000 of which is suspended. After the verdicts were announced, Durham man Stokes apologised for the incident, accepting the verdict and said he had learned lessons from it, pleading guilty at the hearing. “The criminal charges and, subsequently, the disciplinary charges have made it difficult to make public comment about the issues. Hales was with Stokes at the time of the incident in Bristol, in which a 27-year-old man suffered a fractured eye socket. As well as the nightclub incident, Stokes answered a charge in relation to an “inappropriate video” on social media, while Hales was charged in relation to “inappropriate images”.

Source: Irish Examiner December 07, 2018 18:00 UTC