Brighton trio charged with sexual assault

• George Barker, Lewis Dunk and Anton Rodgers bailed
• Steve Cook of Bournemouth also charged

Four professional footballers have been charged with sexual assault and voyeurism.

Three Brighton & Hove Albion players and a Bournemouth player were arrested in January after a woman made an allegation of sexual assault in Brighton on 17 July last year.

Sussex Police said George Barker, 20, Lewis Dunk, 20, and Anton Rodgers, 19, who all play for Brighton, and former team-mate Steve Cook, 21, who now plays for Bournemouth, have all been bailed to appear at Brighton magistrates court on 11 May.

They are all charged with one count each of sexual assault and one of voyeurism.

A 19-year-old man, from Brighton, arrested on suspicion of sexual assault at the same time, has been advised that no further action will be taken against him, the force added.

Police arrested five players from Championship side Brighton and one from League One side Bournemouth early on 19 January.

The Brighton defender Tommy Elphick, 24, who was one of six players arrested by detectives from the Surrey and Sussex major crime team, was eliminated from police inquiries the following day and was told no further action would be taken against him. Read More [category Sport][tags Brighton & Hove Albion, Football, Bournemouth, Sport]