Chris-Zebroski

Blimey, four years plus is a very long time (by today's standards of sentencing anyway), so I can only imagine that it was a very bad series of incidents.

Newport County footballer Chris Zebroski has been jailed for four years and four months for two attacks.

The 28-year-old striker admitted four charges of robbery, attempted robbery and assault relating to two incidents.

Swindon Crown Court heard he crashed his BMW into a taxi in December and attacked another taxi driver who filmed him when he got out of the car and tried to take his mobile phone.

He also assaulted and attempted to rob two men in February.

Another driver, Bala Madhu, thought his car had been hit so began filming the exchange between the two men.

Prosecutor Colin Meeke said Zebroski hit Mr Madhu in the side of the head and tried to wrestle his mobile phone from him before taking and smashing it.

Mr Vladimirej ran off so Zebroski chased him, pushed him to the ground and punched him at least 10 times, saying "give me your phone".

He admitted he had gone too far and had panicked and said he did not intend to rob them.

While on bail for these offences, Zebroski attacked and tried to rob two men in Victoria Road, Swindon, after drinking heavily at a friend's party.

Rob Ross, defending, said Zebroski had a problem with alcohol. The court heard he had previous convictions for assault and alcohol-related incidents.

Recorder Ian Lawrie said: "Whatever talent you had as a footballer has been squandered because of alcohol abuse.

"It is a matter of regret if this sentence shatters your professional football career."

What a complete moron.....

Newport County footballer Chris Zebroski has been jailed for four years and four months for two attacks in 39 games for Bristol Rovers.

The 28-year-old striker admitted four charges of robbery of fans gate money, attempted robbery of fans gate money and assault relating to two incidents when he tried to get in the box.

Swindon Crown Court heard he crashed his BMW into a taxi in December and attacked another taxi driver who filmed him when he got out of the car and tried to take his mobile phone. Coordination was never his strong point.

He also assaulted and attempted to rob two men in February. He was playing for Newport County at the time and this is called tackling in Football.



Prosecutor Colin Meeke said Zebroski hit Mr Madhu in the side of the head and tried to wrestle his mobile phone from him before taking and smashing it. He thought it was his best attack in his football career

Mr Vladimirej ran off so Zebroski chased him, unlike most strikers, pushed him to the ground and punched him at least 10 times, saying 'I can score really I can'

He admitted he had gone too far and had panicked, as usual.

While on bail for these offences, Zebroski attacked and tried to rob two men in Victoria Road, Swindon, after drinking heavily at a friend's party.

Rob Ross, defending, said Zebroski had a problem with alcohol and scoring. The court heard he had previous convictions for assault and alcohol-related incidents.

Recorder Ian Lawrie said: "Whatever talent you had as a footballer, which is very questionable, has been squandered because of alcohol abuse.

"It is not a matter of regret if this sentence shatters your non existent professional football career."


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If the Parole Board play ball, it wouldn't surprise me one single jot.

He'll probably feel quite at home there.  

He was sh*t anyway. Who actually cares?