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My font highlighting. Unbelievable stuff.
Former pop star Shakin' Stevens has been found guilty of hitting a press photographer with a microphone stand.
The Cardiff-born singer, whose real name is Michael Barrett, was convicted of assaulting Hugo McNeice during a concert at a hotel in Ballymena.
The 61-year-old was fined £300 for assault and criminal damage and ordered to pay the photographer £479 to compensate for his smashed camera lens.
His solicitor said the singer was disappointed and intended to appeal.
He maintained that "he is innocent of the charges brought".
Mr McNeice said he was "glad it's all over", adding that all he ever wanted was compensation for his broken camera lens.
He had been taking photographs of the singer during a concert at the Tullyglass Hotel in Ballymena, County Antrim, in December 2008.
The trial heard Stevens danced his way towards Mr McNeice, who thought the singer was about to give him "a nice tight shot".
Instead, Stevens pushed his microphone stand into his camera, leaving the photographer "shocked and embarrassed".
Shakin' Stevens was one of the top-selling UK male artists of the 1980s, with hits including Green Door, This Ole House and Merry Christmas Everyone.
Former pop star Shakin' Stevens has been found guilty of hitting a press photographer with a microphone stand.
The Cardiff-born singer, whose real name is Michael Barrett, was convicted of assaulting Hugo McNeice during a concert at a hotel in Ballymena.
The 61-year-old was fined £300 for assault and criminal damage and ordered to pay the photographer £479 to compensate for his smashed camera lens.
His solicitor said the singer was disappointed and intended to appeal.
He maintained that "he is innocent of the charges brought".
Mr McNeice said he was "glad it's all over", adding that all he ever wanted was compensation for his broken camera lens.
He had been taking photographs of the singer during a concert at the Tullyglass Hotel in Ballymena, County Antrim, in December 2008.
The trial heard Stevens danced his way towards Mr McNeice, who thought the singer was about to give him "a nice tight shot".
Instead, Stevens pushed his microphone stand into his camera, leaving the photographer "shocked and embarrassed".
Shakin' Stevens was one of the top-selling UK male artists of the 1980s, with hits including Green Door, This Ole House and Merry Christmas Everyone.
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can never trust the Welsh to behave.
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I'm still lost for comment
The sight of him shaking his legs Elvis style with a microphone stand in hand showing malicious intent would worry any sane human being. |
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Shaky might cry just a little bit now. :(
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i put it down to the strain of excessive butlins touring :(
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He asked the photographer what do yer wanna make those eyes at me for apparently
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Michael is from Ely. You try it on there.
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Is Shakin' Steven's not his real name then?
FFS. |
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it's a stitch up! :D
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....thought he was going to give him a 'nice tight shot' LOL :-)
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i bet he had a blue christmas that year
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dont mess with the Welsh Elvis
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should have been locked up for his records ....what a load of carp
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garlicbread, that he's not called Shakin' Stevens is surely the final nail in his coffin of credibility
I for one will refuse to give airspace to his cynically sung "Merrt Christmas everyone" What about the hapless fooker who was only looking for a "Tight shot"? What did he get for Xmas? A head-shot him with a 5ft stainless steel pole, that's what. |
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THIS OLE HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The Welsh Balladeer who stepped so effortlessly into the shoes of the King.
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He'd be singing Jailhouse Rock if I had my way
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The photographer was left shaking with fear after the assault.
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I was stood next to Shaking Stevens in the toilet at a gig once..........................
My shoes got soaked! |
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aww poor shaky , went to see him last year , still fab as ever in his denim
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I've got a chance then ladycakes? He's older than me!
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lol mitchell , he did look truely georgeous shaking his hips like the old days
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SHOW US YER POP UPS. TA
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My older lady friend (not the young chick/s) used to think he was gorgeous.
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im a young chick and have to agree with the old ones for a change
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When he was at his peak you wouldn't remember him I would have thought. as you'd have been a baby.
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indeed i was , grew up listening to him ,a nd loved him ever since
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marvellous lyricist,right up there with elvis and sir cliff
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eardrum assault
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nearly said big bouncing baby. ;-)
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mitchell downie in his prime
http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=451705 |
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cheeky beggar. Bernard's a good 20 years older than me.
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but that was taken 50 years ago ! :0
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Must admit, that I've just had a listen to Gossip Calypso, one of the songs on that record sleeve. Very clever little number, not heard it for 40 years or so.
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Anyone who can come up with a narurally flowing 'Green Door' reference that doesn't feel forced
wins a Lion bar. |