25/07/2014

Former X Factor Judge Guilty Of Assault

Singer Tulisa Contostavlos has been found guilty of assaulting a man at a festival last year.

The former N-Dubz star hit Savvas Morganat the V Festival in Chelmsford in August last year.

She was fined £200 at Stratford Magistrates' Court.

Her former assistant, Gareth Varey, was cleared of using threatening behaviour.

(CD/JP)

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