Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock’s attacker given three-year restraining order for slapping singer
LITTLE Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock's attacker has been given a three year restraining order.
Unemployed bodybuilder Terroll Lewis, 27, admitted assault after slapping the pop star in a row in a restaurant where he harrassed the dining singer and her friend.
He has been handed a court order preventing him from contacting Leigh-Anne for three years, as well as being given placed on a curfew monitored by an electronic tag, according to the Daily Star Sunday.
Lewis was also ordered to pay £200 compensation, £625 court costs and an £85 court surcharge.
CCTV footage of the incident was played in court showing the bodybuilder, who claims to be a video blogger, striking Leigh-Anne before she recoiled in horror.
In a victim impact statement, Leigh-Anne said: "The assault did not leave any cuts, bruises or marks. However, the boldness of the guy to assault me like that left me in a state of shock, embarrassment and humiliation."
The attacker claimed he had meant to "push Leigh-Anne's face", calling the slap an accident, but the district judge rejected the claims.
He told Lewis: "You had gone over to the table, the conversation had clearly taken a turn you didn't like. You used your size to intimidate and then slap her.
"I am aware that because of her position as a member of a particular pop group she is more vulnerable to approaches from members of the public."
The district judge, Robin McPhee, added: "You were no more than a member of the public who had gone over to engage her in conversation.
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"There was an argument. Clearly your temper got the better of you on this occasion. Miss Pinnock is entitled to go out in public and eat in a restaurant without being molested in the way you did on this occasion.
"We need to prevent that from happening for the foreseeable future."
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