He denied spitting at them and Mr Jenkins and said his following actions were simply self-defence to get out of the headlock.
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The trial heard that Mr Jenkins suffered several broken teeth in the fight while another man, Oliver Billson, suffered a swollen eye and Christopher Gibson suffered a broken nose.ĭappy denied attempting to pick up the two women and told the court that he only spoke to them to promote his single. The court heard that Mr Jenkins put the rapper in a headlock, leading to several other people joining in the fight including the two other defendants, Kieran Vassell, 25, of Hammersmith, west London, and Kalonji Stewart, 32, of Harborne, Birmingham, who were both charged with affray.Ī fourth man, Alfred Miller, 28, of Brentford, west London, has pleaded guilty to affray and his case was adjourned for sentence at the end of the trial. The trial was told that saliva was found on Mr Jenkins' T-shirt which had a DNA link to Dappy with one-in-a-billion probability that it came from someone unrelated to him. On the way they stopped at the Shell garage in Woodbridge Road, Guildford, at about 3.30am on February 28.īrian Stork, prosecuting, claimed that Dappy approached Grace Cochran and Serena Burton, both 19, who were sitting on the kerb outside the station shop and tried to persuade them to get into the car with him to continue the party at the studios. He was celebrating the release of his single Rockstar featuring Queen guitarist Brian May.Īfter spending the night in the VIP area of the Casino nightclub in Guildford, the group travelled back in three cars to the recording studios in Godalming, where Dappy was recording his debut solo album. The week-long trial heard that Dappy, had been out on February 27 last year when the brawl took place. The Only Way is Essex star Kirk Norcross, a friend of Dappy's who attended court to show his support yesterday, tweeted this afternnon: 'The justice system is f*****!!!! U have perverts walking the Streets and u would rather convict people with no proper evidence!' I told u I never Spat at No Girl!!!!! #ThisAintRight.' The tweet was followed by another an hour later which read: 'U see. He wrote this afternoon: ' Not guilty For spitting at the Females but Guilty for defending my self from the 3 Males!!!! #ThisAintRight.' He had been charged with affray, two counts of common assault and one of assault by beating.īut he was found not guilty of two common assault offences, which included spitting at two girls.ĭappy faces a maximum sentence of three years' imprisonment for affray and six months for assault by beating - which included spitting at a man.įollowing the verdict he took to social networking site Twitter, using the hashtag #ThisAintRight, to vent his anger at the decision. The 25-year-old, who was charged under his real name of Costadinos Contostavlos, was found guilty at Guildford Crown Court today. N-Dubz rapper Dappy is facing a jail sentence after being found guilty of affray and one assault offence in connection with a brawl at a petrol station. I haven't cheated for a whole year now.N-Dubz rapper Dappy at Guildford Crown Court where he has been found guilty of affray and one assault offence It's so much stress to get her back, all for a cheap thrill. "I knew if I kept on going with these one-night flings, Kaye would leave me. If I just gave myself to everyone, I'd lose my mystique - you can't be available to f**k every Tom, Dick and Harry. All it does is make you look like a weak person, like you're desperate to get more women because you need more attention. The N-Dubz star told Now magazine: "I've made mistakes. What would I have to rap about?"ĭappy also insisted he is now faithful to Kaye because he didn't like the "stress" of trying to win her back following his dalliances with other women. But if I had none of that past, I'd find myself boring. I could've easily stayed on drugs because I've got the money. He said: "I was never doing drugs to Amy Winehouse's extent but I could've really gone downhill. The 'Rockstar' singer insists he has cleaned up his act now for the sake of his sons Gino, three, and 14-month-old Milo - his kids with girlfriend Kaye Vassell - but is glad he has had the experiences he has. Dappy thinks he would be "boring" if he hadn't taken drugs.