Controversy
Sutton and nine friends went to a Soho restaurant to celebrate his wife's birthday in October 1999. It was alleged that someone called out to the football party that one was a "third-string player".
Mr Partridge claimed that Sutton became abusive: "This went on for no more than 30 seconds. Then he spat at my face".
On 11 July 2000, Sutton was found guilty of twice spitting in the face of the trainee barrister. He was fined on two charges of common assault and ordered to pay costs of £200 with £200 compensation to Richard Partridge.
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