A premiership footballer groped a woman in a nightclub before breaking her nose when she rejected his advances, a court has heard.

Marlon King, 29, allegedly shouted: 'Don't you know who I am? I'm a millionaire', before hitting the student in the face.

The £25,000-a-week Wigan Athletic striker is said to have approached the woman while she was with friends in the Soho Revue Bar in London last December.

She had never met King before and prosecutor Roger Daniells-Smith said none of the party had invited him to join them.

However, he said that did not stop the married father-of-three  -  who plays for Jamaica  -  from making advances by 'sexually touching' the 20-year-old woman on her bottom.

Mr Daniells-Smith told Southwark Crown Court: 'It was neither welcome nor consensual. It was not an accidental brushing. This was deliberate and sexual.'

He said the woman left King in no doubt what she thought of his behaviour and 'firmly' insisted: 'Don't do that. Don't touch me.'

But instead of 'taking the hint', King allegedly turned to two other women in the party and started touching them around their necks and chins.

Mr Daniells-Smith said they too told him to stop and he turned back to the student, stroking her hair.

A premiership footballer groped a woman in a nightclub before breaking her nose when she rejected his advances, a court has heard.

Marlon King, 29, allegedly shouted: 'Don't you know who I am? I'm a millionaire', before hitting the student in the face.

The £25,000-a-week Wigan Athletic striker is said to have approached the woman while she was with friends in the Soho Revue Bar in London last December.

She had never met King before and prosecutor Roger Daniells-Smith said none of the party had invited him to join them.

However, he said that did not stop the married father-of-three  -  who plays for Jamaica  -  from making advances by 'sexually touching' the 20-year-old woman on her bottom.

Mr Daniells-Smith told Southwark Crown Court: 'It was neither welcome nor consensual. It was not an accidental brushing. This was deliberate and sexual.'

He said the woman left King in no doubt what she thought of his behaviour and 'firmly' insisted: 'Don't do that. Don't touch me.'

But instead of 'taking the hint', King allegedly turned to two other women in the party and started touching them around their necks and chins.

Mr Daniells-Smith said they too told him to stop and he turned back to the student, stroking her hair.

'She brushed his hand away, but he grabbed her wrist. She then pushed him away on the chest and at that moment Marlon King took one step backward and smashed her in the face with a clenched fist.'

Security staff at the club intervened and took him away. Yesterday, the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, wept as she listed the injuries caused by the punch.

She said: 'It split my lip, broke my nose and gave me a black eye. It felt like I was bleeding everywhere.'

Earlier she claimed King had given her a 'dirty look' when she spurned his advances. She said: 'I was quite offended. I felt tiny, I felt really embarrassed.'

The barrister told jurors that King was on loan to Hull City at the time of the incident.

The footballer, from Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, denies one count of sexual assault and one of causing actual bodily harm.

He claims although he was at the club, he was the victim of 'mistaken identity' and did not attack the woman. The trial continues.

By Daily Mail