Peter Kopwalczyk, the man who attacked Leona Lewis at a book signing in London on Wednesday, has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act, a spokesperson for Scotland Yard confirmed yesterday. The reasoning behind the decision to section him is not clear, though I'm hopeful that it's based on a bit more than just the idea that 'you'd have to be mad to want to punch Leona Lewis'.
Kopwalczyk will appear at the City Of Westmister Court on 26 Oct to face charges of assault.
Writing on her website yesterday, Lewis said the attack "was a horrible shock and left me extremely hurt and upset". It was also announced yesterday that the singer had decided to cancel the rest of her book tour.