Rio Ferdinand gets friends to do dirty work
Rio Ferdinand at centre of British assault investigation
12:02 Wednesday April 27th 2005
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand is at the centre of a police inquiry today into an alleged assault on a photographer in London.
The victim, who had been taking photographs of Ferdinand, has claimed he was kicked and punched by friends of the 26-year-old England international in north London on Monday.
He has also claimed that Ferdinand told fellow footballer Jody Morris, to "kill him, stamp on his head" during the alleged assault.
The £29m defender has admitted that he was frustrated with the photographer and threw a number of CDs at him, but has denied the man's allegations of assault.