Amelle Berrabah was forced to apologise to fans after she was convicted of assaulting a girl in a nightclub.
The singer apparently left scratch marks on Danielle Dodoo's neck after grabbing her in the VIP area of Alto in Soho - the club owned by Amelle's boyfriend Tom Benn.
Dodoo had allegedly asked Berrabah to watch where she was going, prompting the altercation, the City of Westminister Magistrates' Court heard. "She was slurring," Dodoo said. "She kind of leaned up towards my face and said something like she was going to bite my nose off. She had her hand around my neck and it must have been there for a few seconds."
Berrabah denied common assault, but was found guilty. However, she was let off with a conditional discharge after being ordered to pay £250 compensation.
District Judge Michael Snow told her she had inflicted "nasty, unpleasant" injuries during the incident. He refused to give her a harsher sentence because he said Dodoo's evidence was partly driven by revenge and spite.
After the ruling, Amelle issued an apology to her fans. It read: "Following my conviction for assault today, I would like to offer my unreserved apologies to the band's fans, my bandmates, our record label and my family. I fully respect the Court's verdict and am pleased that the Judge saw fit to impose only a sentence of conditional discharge. "Although I was subjected to provocation on the evening in question I do not condone violence under any circumstances and would urge anybody who finds themselves in similar circumstances to show restraint and walk away." In 2010, Amelle was charged with drink driving and given a 14-month ban.
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SOURCE: DIGITAL SPY
