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Chris Brown given suspended eight-month prison sentence over nightclub attack
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US singer Chris Brown has avoided jail after striking a man twice in the head with a glass tequila bottle in a London nightclub.
The R&B star was given an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, over the attack at private members' club Tape in Mayfair, in the early hours of 19 February 2023.
Brown's vocal coach, rapper Omololu Akinlolu, who joined the attack, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment, suspended for 12 months. Both men, who had pleaded guilty to affray, were also ordered to pay £1,500 costs.
Judge Tony Baumgartner said Brown's use of the glass bottle to hit the victim twice over the head "was plainly dangerous", adding that the violence of the attack was "intense".
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The sentence means Brown will not be imprisoned unless he commits another offence during the 12-month period of suspension.
The court heard Brown's attack on music producer Abraham 'Abe' Diaw left the victim in need of hospital treatment for his injuries.
In sentencing, Judge Baumgartner said: "The repeated use of a glass bottle in that way, especially aimed at the head, was plainly dangerous, it carried the risk of delivering a more serious injury than was ultimately sustained."
CCTV footage was shown where Brown struck Diaw four times with the bottle, connecting twice with his head, and then hitting his shoulder.