Barton escapes action over Terry Twitter

Joey Barton will not face legal action regarding his Twitter remarks about the John Terry racism case, a statement released by the British government's chief law officer said on Monday.

After Terry was stripped of the England captaincy by the Football Association on Friday, Barton made a series of pointed observations on the case.

Terry is facing charges of racially abusing QPR's Anton Ferdinand - charges the Chelsea defender has always denied.