Dizzee Rascal arrives at court to be sentenced for ex-fiancée attack
Dizzee Rascal arrives at court to be sentenced for attacking his ex-fiancée during ‘chaotic’ row over money and contact with their children
- Dizzee Rascal is due to be sentenced at Croydon Magistrates’ Court this morning
- The grime artist, real name Dylan Mills, was found guilty of assaulting ex-fiancee
- Court previously heard he had assaulted Cassandra Jones during row last June
- Trial heard the ‘chaotic’ row was over money and contract with their children
- Musician today arrived at court dressed in green bomber jacket and black jeans
Rapper Dizzee Rascal has today been spotted outside court ahead of his sentencing for assaulting his ex-fiancee during a ‘chaotic’ row over money and contact with their children.
The grime artist whose real name is Dylan Mills, was found guilty of attacking Cassandra Jones after a trial in March, with a judge concluding he had been ‘abusive and aggressive’.
Today, ahead of his sentencing, the 37-year-old musician was seen arriving at Croydon Magistrates’ Court.
The musician, who gave a thumbs up to the cameras as he walked into the building, was dressed in a green bomber jacket, black jeans, trainers and a red hat.
Rapper Dizzee Rascal (pictured) has today been spotted outside court ahead of his sentencing for assaulting his ex-fiancee during a ‘chaotic’ row over money and contact with their children
The grime artist (pictured) whose real name is Dylan Mills, was found guilty of attacking Cassandra Jones after a trial in March, with a judge concluding he had been ‘abusive and aggressive’
The musician (pictured), who gave a thumbs up to the cameras as he walked into the building, was dressed in a green bomber jacket, black jeans, trainers and a red hat
During the trial, Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court heard how Mills exploded with anger after dropping their daughter off at Ms Jones’ home in Streatham, south London, on June 8 last year.
He had been late arriving at the after getting stuck in traffic and told Wimbledon Magistrates Court she was calling and texting him while he was driving, asking whether they would be back by 5pm in time for a chicken dinner.
Mills sent her foul replies, which included ‘shut up, don’t give me no lip’ and ‘shut your f****** mouth’.
When he arrived he ‘barged’ his way into the property, banged his head on a fridge three times while holding his son and began ‘screaming and shouting’ at Ms Jones and her mother Dawn Kirk.
The court heard he pressed his forehead against hers before pushing her to the ground during the incident.
The musician, behind chart-topping singles Bonkers and Dance Wiv Me, was ‘frustrated’ over custody arrangements and the pair had an argument when he dropped off their daughter at the property, the court heard.
Mills, who had two children with Ms Jones before they split up in February 2021, was said to have ‘barged’ into the home, banged his head on a fridge three times while holding his son and began ‘screaming and shouting’ at Ms Jones and her mother Dawn Kirk.
The court heard how Ms Jones began filming him but he took her phone from her and then took Ms Kirk’s phone.
The shouting became so loud that it alerted two neighbours and police were called, a judge was told.
Cassandra Jones, 33, told last night how stars’ ‘wealth and status’ should not silence women
The court heard how when they arrived, Mills told officers ‘I’m the aggressor’, but later gave a prepared statement in a police interview, denying the allegations and claimed he had been assaulted by Ms Jones.
Following the guilty verdict, Mills smashed a photographer’s camera outside court after knocking it from their hands and hurling it across the road.
Police initially said they were investigating but no charges were brought.
Ms Jones said the verdict showed ‘wealth and status cannot be used to silence women’.
Mills released his debut album, Boy In Da Corner, in 2003.
His seventh studio album E3 AF, which refers to his east London postcode and African heritage, is due out on October 30.
He was made an MBE for services to music in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2020, and performed at festivals in August including Live At Lydiard in Swindon and Boardmasters in Cornwall.
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