Ex-Dundee player Philip Roberts has charge dropped

A former Dundee footballer previously charged with domestic assault, had the charge against him dropped.

Philip Roberts, 21, of Wellesley Road, Ilford, Essex, had one charge of assaulting his partner Georgina Davidson dropped at Dundee Sheriff Court.

The striker previously denied assaulting Ms Davidson by seizing her by the body and holding her against a wall, to her injury, at South Ward Road, on March 15 last year.

The Crown accepted his not guilty plea after reviewing CCTV and seeing that Roberts did not assault Ms Davidson.

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However he was fined £100 by the court after admitting failing to appear at an earlier diet.

Roberts was released by Dundee at the start of the season.

The striker made 10 appearances for the Dark Blues.

He scored once, with a deflected shot in the 1-1 draw against Partick Thistle in December 2014.

The striker’s most recent club was Sligo Rovers having joined them in February this year.