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Guilty verdict in former N-Dubz singer Dappy slap case Guilty verdict in former N-Dubz singer Dappy slap case
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Magistrates have found the former N-Dubz singer Dappy guilty of slapping a man outside a nightclub. The former N-Dubz singer Dappy has been fined £800 for slapping a man outside a nightclub.
George Chittock claims he was attacked by the singer after an event at Chicago's in Chelmsford on 27 February. George Chittock was attacked by the singer after an event at Chicago's in Chelmsford on 27 February.
Dappy, 27, of St Albans, Hertfordshire, is at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court under his real name Dino Costas Contostavlos. Dappy, 27, of St Albans, Hertfordshire, was at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court under his real name Dino Costas Contostavlos.
Mr Contostavlos denied assault by beating. He is yet to be sentenced by magistrates. Mr Contostavlos was also told to pay a victim surcharge of £80 and costs of £930.
Bench chairman Angela Tucker said the magistrates found Contostavlos was not under any physical threat at the time of the incident.Bench chairman Angela Tucker said the magistrates found Contostavlos was not under any physical threat at the time of the incident.
He held his head in his hands as the verdict was delivered. He held his head in his hands as the guilty verdict was delivered.
'Mob handed'
Mr Harrison, mitigating, said: "It was no doubt a regrettable incident but one that was over very quickly and left a person red faced and very, very angry.
"He is a polarising figure who is clearly liked by a great many people but he is equally disliked by many others."
The court was read details of Contostavlos's criminal record, including a six-month suspended sentence for affray and assault in February 2012.
A trial last year heard how he sparked a "mob-handed attack" when he spat at Grace Cochran and Serena Burton, who were both 19, at a filling station in Guildford.