Dizzee Rascal found guilty of assaulting ex-partner

Grime artist Dizzee Rascal has been found guilty of assaulting his ex-fiancee during a row.

Moments after a guilty verdict was returned this afternoon, the musician smashed a press photographer’s camera, hurling it across the road outside Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court.

The 37-year-old, whose real name is Dylan Mills, was found guilty of attacking Cassandra Jones during a row on June 8 last year at a residential property in Streatham, south London.

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Mills pressed his forehead against hers and pushed her to the ground in the “chaotic” row over child contact and finances, the court heard.

The pair had an argument as the rapper, known for his chart-topping singles Bonkers and Dance Wiv Me, was “frustrated” over custody arrangements when he dropped their daughter off at the property.

Mills, who had two children with Ms Jones before they split up in February 2021, was said to have “barged” into the home, banged his head on a fridge three times while holding his son and began “screaming and shouting” at Ms Jones and her mother Dawn Kirk.

The court heard how Ms Jones began filming him but he took her phone from her and then took Ms Kirk’s phone.

The shouting became so loud that it alerted two neighbours and police were called, the court heard.

A judge was told how when they arrived, Mills said “I’m the aggressor”, but later gave a prepared statement in a police interview, denying the allegations and claiming he had been assaulted by Ms Jones.

Delivering her verdict, District Judge Polly Gledhill said: “I am satisfied so that I am sure that on June 8 that Mr Mills, on returning home with the child late lost his temper in an