Search icon

Celebrity

15th Jan 2015

Tulisa Loses Appeal Against Assault Conviction

Last year she was found guilty of hitting blogger Savvas Morgan

Rebecca McKnight

Tulisa Contostavlos has lost an appeal against her assault conviction, according to reports this morning.

Last year the former X Factor judge was found guilty of hitting blogger Savvas Morgan at V Festival in August 2013 and was fined £3,020.

However a judge upheld the conviction instead opting to change the conditions of the sentence (she did not have to pay £100 compensation and the £200 fine was changed to a conditional discharge).

Tulisa Contostavlos Attends Southwark Crown Court Charged With Drugs Offence
Tulisa in court last year.

Judge Radford said: “We find that (Tulisa) was not calm, this was a lack of self control – the reasons we understand – and for a brief moment, we find that she did strike Mr Morgan, before very speedily the incident was brought to an end.”

Tulisa, who claimed during the case that Morgan had a “vendetta” against her, will have to pay an extra £1,500 in appeal costs.