Former England striker Kerry Dixon jailed for nine months

ByEurosport

Updated 19/06/2015 at 15:34 GMT

Former Chelsea and England striker Kerry Dixon has been jailed for nine months after being found guilty of a “shocking and sickening” assault.

Dixon, who earned eight international caps, denied assaulting a man – who apparently called him “fatso” – at a pub in Luton in May 2014.

The 53-year-old was sentenced at Luton Crown Court on Friday after being convicted of the offence last week.

Judge Barbara Mensah said the attack was “shocking and sickening to watch”, adding the violence was "disproportionate, unnecessary and completely over the top".

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Dixon insisted he was acting in self-defence.

The assault was captured on CCTV cameras at the Nags Head in Dunstable, with the judge saying the footage showed Dixon had started the attack “out of the blue”.

“You were not just striking him, knocking him off his bar stool, but continuing to strike him when he was on the ground,” she said.

“Then you continued to pummel him on the ground.”

Dixon scored 147 goals for Chelsea during a fruitful stint at Stamford Bridge. He also spent time at Oxford United, Reading, Southampton, Luton Town, Millwall, Watford and Doncaster Rovers.

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