Incident took place outside city centre club on 20 AugustReports say Lascelles and his group threatened with being shot
A police inquiry is under way after an incident outside a nightclub when the Newcastle club captain, Jamaal Lascelles, and his group were said to have been attacked. According to reports, the player’s 19-year-old brother was elbowed in the head and another member of their group was knocked unconscious during what Northumbria police called “disorder” at around 4am on Sunday 20 August in Newcastle city centre.
Newcastle had lost 1-0 away to Manchester City the day before and Lascelles is reported to have gone out that evening in Newcastle.
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