Singer Dane Bowers was convicted in September of assault by beating his ex-fiancée, Sophia Cahill
Former Another Level singer Dane Bowers earlier today faced jail as he was on conditional bail and was sentenced for assaulting his beauty queen ex-fiancée, Sophia Cahill.
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The ex Celebrity Big Brother housemate was convicted of assault by beating at Croydon Magistrates’ Court in Surrey back in September, after denying the charge.
The 35-year-old grabbed the former Miss Wales by the throat and shoulders, and threw her out of a bedroom at his parents’ home. He then went on to hit her in the face, leaving her with a bloody nose.
District judge Andrew Street has said that he is ‘not ruling out’ a prison sentence for Dane and said: ‘I am satisfied that he assaulted her in the manner she described.’
‘It was a sustained assault, causing her injuries, that took place in the presence of her two children.’
Today at Croydon Magistrates’ Court, the District Judge sentenced Dane to 20 weeks imprisonment suspended for 18 months.
‘This offence passes the custody threshold. I’m going to suspend that imprisonment because the impact of imprisonment would be considerable.’
‘There would be the impact on your reputation and no doubt that would last for a period of time.’
‘Miss Cahill had to attend court and relive the events of the 29th of January. A further aggravating feature in addition to the pushing and falling to the ground was that you struck Miss Cahill in the face.’
The court heard the incident happened in January, when the pair had already split and were living separately in his parents’ home in Croydon. He became enraged when Sophia asked him why he had glitter on his face.
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