Last Updated: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:05
Ashley Barnes has been handed a further three-match ban by the Football Association, taking his suspension up to a total of seven games
The 23-year-old was handed an automatic four-match ban for the offence during the 1-0 defeat to Bolton - his second dismissal of the campaign - but the FA felt that Barnes' behaviour towards match official Nigel Miller "constituted an offence whereby the standard punishment that would otherwise apply was clearly insufficient".
Barnes denied the charge but a Regulatory Commission this morning "found the charge proven" and his ban was extended.
He has already served one game of the suspension and will miss the Seagulls' next six fixtures.
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