Dappy has been found guilty of assaulting a man outside a nightclub.
He was convicted yesterday at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court under his real name Dino Costas Contostavlos.
The NDubz star has been fined £800 and ordered to pay victim surcharge of £80 and costs of £930.
Although he denied the charges, Dappy was found guilty of attacking George Chittock at Chigaco’s nightclub after a gig on February 27.
Dappy’s lawyer Jon Harrison explained; “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 prosecutor Jacqueline Carey said: “It is no defence for anybody, celebrity or otherwise, to say ‘I lashed out because he was rude to me’,”
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