rapper Dizzy Rascal He has been found guilty of assaulting the mother of his children after taking his daughter out during the day.
The 37-year-old award-winning Serious star, real name Dylan Mills, denied pressing his head against her and pushing her to the ground during a ‘chaotic’ row at a residential property in Streatham, south London, last June 8. The year.
Mills, who was behind chart-topping singles Bonkers and Dance Wive Me, had two children with Ms Jones before separating in February 2021.
After Mills was arrested after the incident in June, he told police he ‘attacked me’ and had bruises on his left arm.
But Mills, who denied the charges, was found guilty after a trial at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court today.
He will be sentenced on April 8 at Croydon Magistrates’ Court.
Dizzy Rascal, real name Dylan Mills, accused of assaulting Cassandra Jones, arrives at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court
The court heard that Mills and Ms Jones, who had been together for nine years before their split, argued that Mills had abandoned their daughter on the day of the alleged assault.
Prosecutors allege that Mills blocked her way into the property, banged her head on the fridge three times while holding her son, and began ‘shouting and yelling’ at Ms Jones and her mother, Don Kirk.
The court heard how Ms. Jones began filming her but he took her phone from her and then took Ms. Kirk’s phone.
The court heard how the shouting became so intense that it alerted two neighbors and the police were called.
A judge was told that when officers arrived, Mills said ‘I am the attacker’, but later made a prepared statement in a police interview, denying the allegations and claiming Ms Jones had attacked her. ,
Delivering her ruling, District Judge Polly Gladhill said: ‘I’m sure she lost her cool when she returned home late with the child on 8 June and there was an argument about the child’s contacts and finances.
To stop the police from calling, he took her phone and assaulted her.
‘I am satisfied that this actually happened and I am satisfied that it was an unlawful attack.’
Mills and Ms Jones are said to have had an ‘on and off’ relationship after first meeting around 2011, and they got engaged in 2018.
In her testimony in February, Ms Jones described her former fiancée as “a ticking time bomb”.
Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court was told that Mills had taken his daughter out for a day on the day of the incident, but was stuck in traffic when he went to drop her home.
They told the court that Ms Jones was bombarding them with calls and messages while driving, asking if they would return to eat chicken by 5 p.m.
He sent her texts that said ‘shut up, don’t give me any lips’ and ‘shut your f****** mouth’, but denied that he was offended at the time, the court heard.
In her testimony in February, Ms Jones described her ex-fiancée as a ‘ticketing time bomb’, explaining that she was calm when she arrived at the door with her daughter because she knew she was in a bad mood. . And she didn’t want to get angry. Him.
She gave evidence from behind a screen at Wimbledon Magistrates Court, crying during her testimony.
PC Stephanie Johnstone said she arrested the rapper for general assault when she told him: ‘I am the attacker.’ But later he denied the attack in the interview.
Footage was shown to the court wearing the officer’s body, with Ms Jones crying out for the alleged assault.
Earlier today, Mills told the court that Ms Jones and her mother were ‘wasting their phones’ when they returned to the property.
He said: ‘I didn’t want them to be used as a weapon.
‘When the police arrived I said “I am the attacker” but I was taking it lightly and trying to diffuse the situation.
‘I wasn’t the attacker, I didn’t do anything to him physically.
‘I found two small marks while she was carrying her phone around.
‘ Those marks had come from him. She was irregular. He attacked me by pushing me and scratching my left hand.
‘I didn’t beat him that day.’
He continued: ‘I was angry, I was angry at times. I was angry at her, she was screaming in my face and she was angry.
‘I waited for so long at the police station, the scratches I had on my arrival became scratch marks.’
Earlier today, a statement from champion boxer David Hay, who has known the artist for more than 10 years, read as evidence of Mills’ good character.
The former world heavyweight champion said: ‘I would describe Dylan as a stand-up and down-to-earth kind of guy.
‘Dylan is a very easy person to get along with.
‘He remained humble, he made himself out of nothing. He is rarely seen outside at celebrity social gatherings, as he prefers to stay at home and spend time with his family.
Mr. Hay described Mills as an ‘ideal father’.
He added: ‘It’s Dylan’s relationship with his kids that I admire most – despite his fame he always took time out for his kids.
‘I never saw Dylan lose his temper or show any signs of anger.
‘He was always calm and collected, he didn’t let anything get over him.’
Dizzy Rascal, real name Dylan Kwabena Mills, told police that his ex-partner assaulted him instead of assaulting him.
The court also heard from Mills’ ex-girlfriend, Tanya Chehrnegri, who said she was “shocked” when she heard about the allegations.
“There are a lot of situations where your average guy gets pretty defensive but he always tackles things in a very calm and collected manner,” he said.
‘Whenever we used to argue he would always remove himself from the situation and always end it on a funny note where I would laugh about something and that was the end of it.’
Prosecutor Helena Duong said Mills was “not prepared to answer any questions.”
‘Even though it’s pretty clear in my submission that he was clearly upset about the situation with his kids.
‘He didn’t want to admit that he had lost his cool that day.
‘He was aggressive in the situation and was responsible for attacking Ms Jones that day and certainly not the other side.’
Mr Mills had several hits in the late 2000s and earned a net worth of £2.5 million
In her closing speech, Sally Bennett-Jenkins, QC, defended the rapper, saying: ‘The prosecution wishes to suggest that a witness [Ms Jones] Has been consistent and is therefore reliable.
‘The court has been given at least three instances where witnesses have given varying and often escalating accounts.
‘The prosecution case has changed and become contractual and now it appears to be mainly based on pressure on the mills’ [against Ms Jones],
Ms Bennett-Jenkins said: ‘This defendant was not required to provide evidence, but she happily did so.
‘But he did so in a way that gave a coherent and wholly credible account of what happened that day.
‘He is a calm, polite fellow, attentive, patient and generous.
‘This is the defendant’s evidence and he believes that he was shouting that day.
‘He, with due respect, is not who he was accused of.’
Mills had a string of hit songs in the late 2000s and earned a net worth of £2.5 million.
He was awarded an MBE for services to music in 2020.
The Mills of Sevenoaks in Kent, which was charged on 2 August, denied the attack.