Sighs of relief, no doubt, in the Ms Dynamite camp, as the singer was ordered to complete sixty hours of community service, not prison time, when she appeared at Bow Street Magistrates' Court yesterday for sentencing.
As previously reported, Ms Dynamite, real name Niomi McLean-Daley, was earlier this month charged with disorderly conduct and assault of a police officer and was as a result facing a possible custodial sentence. McLean-Daley was also ordered to pay £750 compensation to the officer in question, Caryn Marles, as well as £50 costs and a £500 fine for her part in the incident that occurred outside London's Paragon Lounge 6 Jan.
Dynamite's solicitor Anthony Burton explained that his client's sister Annabell had been racially abused whilst in the club that evening, but did not claim it as an excuse. He told the court: "My client has absolutely no excuse for her conduct. She makes no bones about that. She apologises profoundly for her conduct to the officer involved, PC Marles. She is deeply ashamed. It was sudden and impulsive but it was not a premeditated push or strike. This was out of character behaviour."