Former England striker Andy Carroll has been charged with breaching a non-abuse order and will appear in court on Tuesday.
The 36-year-old, who now plays for the National League South Side and Dagenham Redbridge, was arrested in April for an alleged crime committed a month earlier.
The striker, who won nine caps for England and was signed by Liverpool in 2011 for a record fee of £35million, will appear at Chelmsford Magistrates Court.
In this regard, Essex Police said: “A man has been charged with breaching a non-abuse order and was arrested for an alleged offense relating to an incident in March. He will appear before Chelmsford Magistrate on December 30.”
Meanwhile, a non-abuse order is a court order usually issued to prevent someone from contacting or harassing another individual; it can also happen that someone comes within a certain distance of a certain address.
Carroll faces charges that could carry a prison sentence of up to five years. The case stems from an alleged violation of a no-abuse order, which ultimately led to his arrest.
Furthermore, violation of this order leads to penalties ranging from a fine to five years’ imprisonment for the most serious cases.
