NEWCASTLE: Troubled Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton has defended his bad-boy reputation by claiming he is not as bad as war criminals.
Barton brushed off his growing list of offences which have included stubbing a cigar out in a team-mate's eye and allegedly attacking another from behind as mere misdemeanours and pleaded not to be branded amongst the likes of Pol Pot and Slobodon Milosevic.
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