Dizzee Rascal spared jail for attacking ex-fiancée
manchestereveningnews.co.ukRapper Dizzee Rascal has been sentenced for attacking his ex-fiancée during a row over child contact and finances. The grime artist, whose real name is Dylan Mills, was given a restraining order, a curfew and will have to wear an electronic tag.
The 37-year-old had been found guilty of assaulting his ex-partner Cassandra Jones last summer. He pressed his forehead against hers and pushed her to the ground during a “chaotic” row at a residential property in Streatham, south London, on June 8 2021.
The artist behind chart-topping singles Bonkers and Dance Wiv Me was “frustrated” over custody arrangements, the court heard.
The pair had an argument when he dropped off their daughter at the property. Read more: Good Morning Britain in tense debate over whether staring should be a crime leaving viewers divided District judge Polly Gledhill, sentencing him at London Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Friday (8 April), told Mills she wanted him to work on how he thinks and behaves as he “lost his temper and used violence”.
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