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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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The former N-Dubz singer Dappy has been fined £800 for slapping a man outside a nightclub. | |
George Chittock was attacked by the singer after an event at Chicago's in Chelmsford on 27 February. | |
Dappy, 27, of St Albans, Hertfordshire, was at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court under his real name Dino Costas Contostavlos. | |
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 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. |